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The Social Clause of the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
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Abstract Section II gives background to the inclusion of environment and labor in the US-JO FTA, and briefly describes the divergent views for including or not including these issues in trade agreements. Section III analyzes the environment provisions of the US-JO FTA. It points out the inadequacies in the e... view more
Section II gives background to the inclusion of environment and labor in the US-JO FTA, and briefly describes the divergent views for including or not including these issues in trade agreements. Section III analyzes the environment provisions of the US-JO FTA. It points out the inadequacies in the environment provisions. This section further points out the differences between the environment provisions of the US-JO FTA and the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation. Section IV reviews the labor provisions of the US-JO FTA. In addition, section IV explains the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation. Section V discusses recent FTAs concluded between the U.S. and Arab countries such as Bahrain and Oman. Section VI presents some methods which have the potential of finding a common ground between free trade, environment and labor rights for future trade agreements between the U.S. and Arab countries. Concluding observations are in section VII.... view less
Classification
Law
National Economy
Free Keywords
Jordan; environment; labor; FTA; U.S.; WTO
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 11-42
Journal
Journal of Law: A refereed Academic Quarterly, 32 (2008)
ISSN
01029-6069
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed