Research On The Multilateralization Of International Labor Standards Under The WTO Framework

This article explores the implications of the proliferation of labour provisions in free trade agreements(FTAs)in recent years.It reviews a relatively new form of empirical scholarship on the effectiveness of US and EU labour provisions.In doing so,it helps to identify a large gap between,on the one hand,the rhetoric of policymakers on the importance of such provisions and,on the other,the reality of what they achieve in practice.Reform efforts on both sides of the Atlantic are then examined to find that these also contain major deficiencies.The issue of International Labor Standards has gradually become a disputed hot topic in recent years and exists as an unmediated chasm between the developed countries and the developing countries during the new round of multilateral WTO negotiation.With China's accession into WTO and becoming a developing member thereof since 11 December,2001,the issue of International Labor Standards also puts China in a big test of keeping its WTO accession promise in all aspects.The issue of labor standards began to receive the attention of the WTO as early as the 1990 s.Its essence belongs to domestic social insurance policies considered by governments,but because such policies will affect a country 's trading partners through its external activities Interests,which triggers trade disputes.Therefore,this kind of domestic social policy issue has begun to internationalize,especially with the vigorous promotion of the United States and other developed countries,the issue of labor standards has increasingly become the focus of controversy among WTO members.The new topic in particular highlights labor issues.Labor issues though It has not been explicitly included in multilateral trade negotiations,but substantial progress has been made in the field of bilateral trade.Labor provisions have been included in the free trade agreements signed by the United States with Jordan,Singapore and Chile.These will inevitably promote the trade-related process of labor standards in the field of multilateral trade.The research content of this article is mainly divided into five chapters.The first chapter focuses on the evolution of the development model of international labor standards and the possibility of multilateralization,,it focuses on two leading proponents of labour provisions in trade agreements,the United States and the European Union(EU),explains how their modelsThis article first describes the evolution of the development model of international labor standards and the possibility of multilateralism,highlights the two main supporters of labor provisions in trade agreements,namely the United States and the European Union(EU),explains how their models work,and The main limitations and shortcomings are pointed out;followed by the theoretical analysis of the introduction of international labor standards for WTO law,the internal links between international labor standards and international trade,and the support of WTO jurisprudence for international labor standards,such as the United States v.Brazil and South Africa Example: The mode of introducing international labor standards for the WTO again,such as expanding the interpretation of exception clauses and PPM;finally,the system design for introducing labor standards under the WTO framework and the Chinese response to the introduction of international labor standards for the WTO.