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Sozialklauseln im US-Freihandelsabkommen: ein wirksames Mittel internationaler Arbeitsregulierung?

Social clauses in US free trade agreements: an effective approach to international labour regulation?
[journal article]

Dombois, Rainer

Abstract

"Der Artikel befasst sich mit einem spezifischen Ansatz internationaler Arbeitsregulierung: Sozialklauseln in Freihandelsabkommen der USA. Er untersucht die Geschichte, das institutionelle Design und die Wirkungen des Pionierabkommens, des North American Agreement on Labour Cooperation (NAALC), das ... view more

"Der Artikel befasst sich mit einem spezifischen Ansatz internationaler Arbeitsregulierung: Sozialklauseln in Freihandelsabkommen der USA. Er untersucht die Geschichte, das institutionelle Design und die Wirkungen des Pionierabkommens, des North American Agreement on Labour Cooperation (NAALC), das im Rahmen des nordamerikanischen Freihandelsabkommen NAFTA zwischen den USA, Kanada und Mexiko vereinbart wurde. Mit dem NAALC gingen die drei Regierungen die Verpflichtung ein, Arbeitsstandards durchzusetzen und zu verbessern, dies allerdings im Rahmen ihres nationalen Arbeitsrechts. Um den Verpflichtungen Nachdruck zu verleihen, wurden internationale und nationale Institutionen sowie Kooperations- und Beschwerdeprozeduren geschaffen. Die internationale Konfliktregulierung schließt Sanktionsmechanismen ein. Der Artikel nutzt die Ergebnisse einer empirischen Untersuchung in den drei Ländern, um vor allem die Praxis und die Wirkungen des NAALC zu analysieren. Er hebt einige spezifische Probleme des NAALC hervor: die institutionelle Schwäche der internationalen Organisation; das Spiel von Kooperation und Konfliktaustragung niedriger Intensität zwischen den Regierungen; die Enttäuschungsfalle der Akteure der Zivilgesellschaft. Schließlich zieht er einige Folgerungen zum Ansatz von Sozialklauseln." (Autorenreferat)... view less


"The article deals with a specific approach to international labour regulation: social clauses in the free trade agreements of the US. It analyses the history, institutional design, the practice and the regulatory impact of the pilot agreement, the North American Agreement on Labour Cooperation (NAA... view more

"The article deals with a specific approach to international labour regulation: social clauses in the free trade agreements of the US. It analyses the history, institutional design, the practice and the regulatory impact of the pilot agreement, the North American Agreement on Labour Cooperation (NAALC), between the US, Canada and Mexico, one of the two NAFTA side agreements. With the NAALC the three governments subscribed to the obligation to promote, enforce and improve social standards within the framework of their national labour legislation. In order to foster compliance with the agreement, international and national institutions were created as well as procedures for cooperation and complaints. Procedures of conflict regulation include sanction mechanisms. Based on the findings of an empirical research project, the article focuses on the practices and the effects of the NAALC. It outlines some specific problems of the NAALC: the institutional weakness of the international organisation, the low intensity intergovernmental game of cooperation and conflict strategies; the disillusionment of the actors of civil society. Finally it draws some more general conclusions about the regulatory approach of social clauses." (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
existential minimum; international agreement; free trade; United States of America; free trade area; NAFTA; labor relations; regulation; labor policy; North America

Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Working Conditions

Method
applied research

Document language
German

Publication Year
2006

Page/Pages
p. 238-252

Journal
Industrielle Beziehungen : Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management, 13 (2006) 3

ISSN
0943-2779

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications


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