Free trade agreements and labour rights: Recent developments

International Labour Review

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 185-206

  Doumbia Henry, Cleopatra ^a   Gravel, Eric ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Free trade area; International labour standards; Trade agreement; Workers' rights

Indexed keywords

FREE TRADE; LABOR STANDARD; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33846653447     PISSN: 00207780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2006.tb00017.x     Document Type: Article

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