USTR’s Office of Labor Affairs negotiates labor provisions in bilateral Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). These provisions differ in detail across the various FTAs, but generally include commitments to respect fundamental labor rights, to effectively enforce labor laws, to provide domestic procedural guarantees, and to promote public awareness of labor laws, and establish consultation and dispute settlement mechanisms.
Congressional Labor Reports for the FTAs are available here.
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Free Trade Agreements and Labor |
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Quick Links: Australia — Bahrain – CAFTA-DR (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua) – Chile – Colombia – Jordan – Republic of Korea USMCA (Canada, Mexico) – Morocco – Oman – Panama – Peru – Singapore |
Bahrain Public Submission (2011)
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CAFTA-DR Fact Sheet on Labor Capacity Building (2011)
The Labor Dimension in Central America and the Dominican Republic
Guatemala Public Submission (2008)
Dominican Republic Public Submission (2011)
Honduras Public Submission (2012)
Labor Affairs Council (2013)
Colombia Public Submission (2016)
Labor Subcommittee Meeting (2009)
Jordan Implementation Plan (2013)
Status of Oman Labor Law Commitments (2006)
Peru Public Submission (2015)
Facility-Specific Rapid Response Labor Mechanism
USMCA Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement
