ISDS Case Map
labour | workers' rights
UAE will have to change its labour code to meet international labour laws, revise the agency law and investment / sponsorship rules in order to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US, according to US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick.
Japan's separate negotiations with Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and South Korea for bilateral free trade agreements have run into a brick wall.
The United Arab Emirates and US made significant progress towards a Free Trade Agreement on Wednesday, paving the way for negotiations to start in the near future.
As the Philippines strives to get Japan to allow in Filipino health-care workers under a free-trade agreement now under negotiation, the country itself could be moving rapidly toward a crisis in which patients suffer as health-care professionals move abroad.
The governments of Korea and Japan have come together today, 350km away from Seoul, for their fifth negotiation to consolidate a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries. Ever since the negotiations were initiated last December, many NGOs and people's organizations have shown concern over the planned FTA.
The National Council of Trade Unions (Nactu) urged the business community yesterday to aggressively interrogate government's action on job security and on the free-trade agreements that were being concluded with other countries.
A report from RENGO's International Department (Japanese Trade Union Centre) about bilateral trade and investment agreements: Japan-Korea Investment Agreement; Japan - Singapore Free Trade Agreement
(February 2001)
The Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) on Thursday called for a moratorium on all South Africa's current bilateral trade agreements, and renewed its plea to the government to consistently pursue economic and trade policies that prioritise job retention and creation.
Labor's support for the American free trade agreement will cost the party about $100,000 in union donations - a blow on the eve of the federal election campaign.
Leading unions, doctors and welfare groups are urging the Senate to block the free trade agreement with the United States.
