Tuesday, January 29, 2008
[IWS] USITC: TRADE & LABOR ISSUES INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION [January 2008]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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No. ID-17
OFFICE OF INDUSTRIES WORKING PAPER
U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION (USITC)
International Cooperation on Trade and Labor Issues [January 2008]
Jennifer Baumert, Kyle Johnson, Dawn Heuschel, Brendan Lynch
http://www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/research_work_papers/documents/LaborWPID17%20.pdf
[full-text, 68 pages]
ABSTRACT:
The relationship between the labor market and international trade is a broad
and complex subject that has been the focus of significant attention in recent years.
Discussion and analysis in this area has covered a number of discrete issues, including the
effect of shifting trade patterns on employment levels and earnings in domestic markets, the
impact of wage levels and labor legislation on the location of production facilities, and the
positive and negative aspects of the cross-border movement of workers, among others. The
continuing importance of labor issues within the larger trade debate is highlighted by the
inclusion of measures relating to labor standards and/or the cross-border movement of
workers in recent bilateral and multilateral trade agreements such as the North American Free
Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), and the
U.S.Oman Free Trade Agreement. This paper aims to provide background for future work
on trade-related labor issues by describing how labor issues such as internationally recognized
labor standards and the cross-border movement of workers have been addressed by
international organizations, as well as in U.S. trade legislation and recent trade agreements.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
No. ID-17
OFFICE OF INDUSTRIES WORKING PAPER
U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION (USITC)
International Cooperation on Trade and Labor Issues [January 2008]
Jennifer Baumert, Kyle Johnson, Dawn Heuschel, Brendan Lynch
http://www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/research_work_papers/documents/LaborWPID17%20.pdf
[full-text, 68 pages]
ABSTRACT:
The relationship between the labor market and international trade is a broad
and complex subject that has been the focus of significant attention in recent years.
Discussion and analysis in this area has covered a number of discrete issues, including the
effect of shifting trade patterns on employment levels and earnings in domestic markets, the
impact of wage levels and labor legislation on the location of production facilities, and the
positive and negative aspects of the cross-border movement of workers, among others. The
continuing importance of labor issues within the larger trade debate is highlighted by the
inclusion of measures relating to labor standards and/or the cross-border movement of
workers in recent bilateral and multilateral trade agreements such as the North American Free
Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), and the
U.S.Oman Free Trade Agreement. This paper aims to provide background for future work
on trade-related labor issues by describing how labor issues such as internationally recognized
labor standards and the cross-border movement of workers have been addressed by
international organizations, as well as in U.S. trade legislation and recent trade agreements.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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