Making Trade Benefit Workers by Reforming Trade Agreements

Reforming the labour chapter in trade agreements could improve this situation and ensure a level playing field. The pros and cons of such a reformed labour chapter, including the Model Labour Chapter commissioned by FES, and how labour provisions could be multilateralized were discussed.

Speakers: Bernd Lange, MEP and Chair of the Committee on International Trade (INTA), European Parliament; Patrick Abel, PhD Candidate and Research Fellow, Institute of International and European Law, University of Göttingen; Pradeep S Mehta, Secretary-General, CUTS International; Georgios Altintzis, Trade Policy Officer, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)