Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Tweet[IWS] CRS: TPA Renewal: CORE LABOR STANDARDS ISSUES [21 February 2007]
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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Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RS22608
February 21, 2007
Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) Renewal:
Core Labor Standards Issues: A Brief Overview [21 February 2007]
Mary Jane Bolle, Specialist in International Trade, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22608_20070221.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
Summary
This report is a brief overview of key issues addressed in CRS Report RL33864,
Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) Renewal: Core Labor Standards Issues. Trade
promotion authority (TPA), formerly known as "fast-track" authority, is scheduled to
expire July 1, 2007. With it will expire the President's authority to negotiate trade
agreements that Congress will then consider without amendment and with limited
debate. For the 110th Congress, a likely issue in this debate is whether to include
enforceable core labor standards as a principal negotiating objective in trade
agreements. Accordingly, this report (1) identifies key labor provisions in the current
TPA law and how they have translated into free trade agreements negotiated under it;
(2) presents some legislative options, and summarizes arguments for and against listing
enforceable core labor standards as a principal negotiating objective; and (3) looks at
possible outcomes and implications of the legislative options. This report will be
updated as events warrant.
______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RS22608
February 21, 2007
Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) Renewal:
Core Labor Standards Issues: A Brief Overview [21 February 2007]
Mary Jane Bolle, Specialist in International Trade, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22608_20070221.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
Summary
This report is a brief overview of key issues addressed in CRS Report RL33864,
Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) Renewal: Core Labor Standards Issues. Trade
promotion authority (TPA), formerly known as "fast-track" authority, is scheduled to
expire July 1, 2007. With it will expire the President's authority to negotiate trade
agreements that Congress will then consider without amendment and with limited
debate. For the 110th Congress, a likely issue in this debate is whether to include
enforceable core labor standards as a principal negotiating objective in trade
agreements. Accordingly, this report (1) identifies key labor provisions in the current
TPA law and how they have translated into free trade agreements negotiated under it;
(2) presents some legislative options, and summarizes arguments for and against listing
enforceable core labor standards as a principal negotiating objective; and (3) looks at
possible outcomes and implications of the legislative options. This report will be
updated as events warrant.
______________________________
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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