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Labour standards and International trade system - Analysis of the CSRD, CSDDD and the EU-New Zealand FTA

Zarankaite, Egle LU (2024) HARN63 20241
Department of Business Law
Abstract
The debate between advocates and critics about the link between trade and labour standards is still relevant. Looking at history, labour rights have been important in the international trade system since the 1890s, when the import of goods by prison labour was prohibited by international treaties and national laws. Nowadays, the need to strengthen sustainability rules is growing because more and more European Union (EU) trade agreements have added chapters on Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) since 2008. The EU’s trade policies strongly promote human rights protection and have a significant impact around the globe because the EU is one of the biggest trading blocks in the world. The research focuses on labour rights in international... (More)
The debate between advocates and critics about the link between trade and labour standards is still relevant. Looking at history, labour rights have been important in the international trade system since the 1890s, when the import of goods by prison labour was prohibited by international treaties and national laws. Nowadays, the need to strengthen sustainability rules is growing because more and more European Union (EU) trade agreements have added chapters on Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) since 2008. The EU’s trade policies strongly promote human rights protection and have a significant impact around the globe because the EU is one of the biggest trading blocks in the world. The research focuses on labour rights in international trade and labour provisions in the EU legal documents, such as Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). Also, the research explores the labour provisions in free trade agreements (FTAs). Since 1995, when only three trade agreements included labour provisions, the importance of labour provisions in FTAs has grown to 77 trade agreements by 2016. It means that a global phenomenon when trade agreements add labour standards is increasing. The example of the EU and New Zealand FTA showed that agreement between contracting parties on free trade development includes Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) goals, such as environmental and social protection. The analysis indicates the parties' responsibilities to achieve, respect, and implement labour rights provisions based on the ILO conventions. (Less)
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author
Zarankaite, Egle LU
supervisor
organization
course
HARN63 20241
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Labour standards, international trade, sustainable development, ILO, CSRD, CSDDD, EU-New Zealand FTA
language
English
id
9156780
date added to LUP
2024-06-03 09:47:31
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2024-06-03 09:47:31
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  abstract     = {{The debate between advocates and critics about the link between trade and labour standards is still relevant. Looking at history, labour rights have been important in the international trade system since the 1890s, when the import of goods by prison labour was prohibited by international treaties and national laws. Nowadays, the need to strengthen sustainability rules is growing because more and more European Union (EU) trade agreements have added chapters on Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) since 2008. The EU’s trade policies strongly promote human rights protection and have a significant impact around the globe because the EU is one of the biggest trading blocks in the world. The research focuses on labour rights in international trade and labour provisions in the EU legal documents, such as Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). Also, the research explores the labour provisions in free trade agreements (FTAs). Since 1995, when only three trade agreements included labour provisions, the importance of labour provisions in FTAs has grown to 77 trade agreements by 2016. It means that a global phenomenon when trade agreements add labour standards is increasing. The example of the EU and New Zealand FTA showed that agreement between contracting parties on free trade development includes Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) goals, such as environmental and social protection. The analysis indicates the parties' responsibilities to achieve, respect, and implement labour rights provisions based on the ILO conventions.}},
  author       = {{Zarankaite, Egle}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Labour standards and International trade system - Analysis of the CSRD, CSDDD and the EU-New Zealand FTA}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}