The present work analyses the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (hereinafter CETA), recently signed among the European Union and the Canadian government, and currently in the process of ratification within the European Member States: the fil rouge is represented by the possible impact of such a “mega treaty” on labour rights at a transnational level, and in particular if it could contribute or less – under a labour law point of view – to develop fair trade among multinational corporations belonging to certain targeted Western democracies. Therefore this paper provides with a brief overview of the most significant labour provisions contained in the CETA in the light of ILO legal framework: a particular attention is given to the complaint and dispute settlement mechanisms, essentially the InvestorState Dispute Settlement Clause (ISDS); the mechanisms without binding effects, such as civil society dialogue and inter-state initiatives; and the exception clauses. In the final section it is argued that despite a certain social and economic homogeneity among the EU Member States and Canada, the CETA is not able to automatically ensure that labour rights will be maintained without bottom-down changes.

Il presente lavoro analizza da una prospettiva giuslavoristica il Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), trattato internazionale di libero scambio, da poco sottoscritto da Unione Europea e Canada: il saggio si interroga se tale trattato possa contribuire o meno allo sviluppo del fair trade all'interno delle democrazie occidentali. Nel dettaglio l'articolo analizza le clausole del CETA alla luce dei core labour standards dell'ILO, con un focus sulle clausole arbitrali di risoluzione delle controversie (Investor-State Dispute Settlement), sulle forme di partecipazione della società civile e sui meccanismi di eccezione. Nelle conclusioni, nonostante la tendenziale omogeneità socio-economica tra Canada e Unione Europea, viene sostenuto come il CETA non sia in grado di assicurare automaticamente il rispetto dei diritti sociali nel contesto del commercio internazionale, con il rischio di una corsa al ribasso delle tutele.

Bologna, S. (2017). The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA): What Kind of Space is Given to Fair Trade and Labour Rights?. TEMILAVORO.IT SINOSSI INTERNET DI DIRITTO DEL LAVORO E DELLA SICUREZZA SOCIALE, 9(1/2017), 1-12.

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA): What Kind of Space is Given to Fair Trade and Labour Rights?

BOLOGNA, Silvio
2017-01-01

Abstract

The present work analyses the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (hereinafter CETA), recently signed among the European Union and the Canadian government, and currently in the process of ratification within the European Member States: the fil rouge is represented by the possible impact of such a “mega treaty” on labour rights at a transnational level, and in particular if it could contribute or less – under a labour law point of view – to develop fair trade among multinational corporations belonging to certain targeted Western democracies. Therefore this paper provides with a brief overview of the most significant labour provisions contained in the CETA in the light of ILO legal framework: a particular attention is given to the complaint and dispute settlement mechanisms, essentially the InvestorState Dispute Settlement Clause (ISDS); the mechanisms without binding effects, such as civil society dialogue and inter-state initiatives; and the exception clauses. In the final section it is argued that despite a certain social and economic homogeneity among the EU Member States and Canada, the CETA is not able to automatically ensure that labour rights will be maintained without bottom-down changes.
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Bologna, S. (2017). The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA): What Kind of Space is Given to Fair Trade and Labour Rights?. TEMILAVORO.IT SINOSSI INTERNET DI DIRITTO DEL LAVORO E DELLA SICUREZZA SOCIALE, 9(1/2017), 1-12.
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