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LABOR, INTEGRATION & INTERNATIONAL TRADE: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS & TENDENCES IALMC-OAS WORKSHOP

LABOR, INTEGRATION & INTERNATIONAL TRADE: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS & TENDENCES IALMC-OAS WORKSHOP. Pablo Lazo Labor and Civil Society Affairs Coordinator International Economic Relations Bureau Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Chile May11th, 2004 .

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LABOR, INTEGRATION & INTERNATIONAL TRADE: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS & TENDENCES IALMC-OAS WORKSHOP

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  1. LABOR, INTEGRATION & INTERNATIONAL TRADE: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS & TENDENCESIALMC-OAS WORKSHOP Pablo Lazo Labor and Civil Society Affairs Coordinator International Economic Relations Bureau Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Chile May11th, 2004

  2. TRADE AND LABOR: MULTILATERAL DEVELOPPMENT • Copenhagen World Summet on Social Developpment, 1995 • WTO: Singapore Declaration, 1996 • ILO: Declaration on principles and rights at work and its follow-up, 1998 • OECD: Guidelines for multinationals

  3. UNIVERSAL CONSENSUS • Core labor standards • ILO: competent body • Labor standards should not be used with protectionist purposes • It should not be questioned the comparative advantage of any country on the base of these instruments

  4. FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES • Freedom of association and the right to form unions and bargain collectively • Ban of forced labor • Limitations of child labor • Non discrimination

  5. GSP & OTHER UNILATERAL MECHANISMS NAALC MERCOSUR ALC CANADA-COSTA-RICA US-JORDAN ILO OECD OAS LABOR STANDARDS IN THE INTERNATIONAL FRAME

  6. NAALC CANADA-CHILE CANADA-COSTA-RICA US-JORDAN CHILE- US CAFTA-US MERCOSUR ANC CARICOM CASI FTAs. Vs. Integration processes: tendences

  7. PROVISIONS • Labor standards included • Separate agreements/labor clauses • Monetary contributions • Cooperation • Social actors participation • Transparency

  8. DEVELOPPING PROCESSES • CAFTA-DR-US discussion for Congress approval • Negotiations US-Panama • Negotiations US/Peru, Ecuador, Colombia • Negotiations US/Bolivia? • FTAA Process

  9. Why to incorporate labor standards in an FTA? Vision of Chile • Request of unions and civil society • Linkage between trade & labor: a reality(Freeman Study Harvard University) • To avoid or diminish unilateralism (GSP & others) • Political realism • Principle with Chilean political consensus

  10. SKILLS • Capacity building: joint efforts/Integral policies/ S. dialogue • Labor inspection/Labor Justice • Education, permanent professional training • Danger of exclusion • Social protection • Adapting labor markets: informal sector

  11. WWW.DIRECON.CLPlazo@Direcon.cl

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