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From the EU-South Korea to the EU-New Zealand free trade agreements: A path leading to a breakthrough in the enforcement of labour rights
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From the EU-South Korea to the EU-New Zealand free trade agreements: A path leading to a breakthrough in the enforcement of labour rights

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  • Aneta Tyc University of Lodz https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0593-2862

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12775/SIT.2023.013

Keywords

labour rights, labour provisions, sanctions, Panel of Experts, EU-South Korea free trade agreement, EU-New Zealand free trade agreement

Abstract

The analysis of the path that led to a breakthrough in the European Commission’s thinking about trade policy in the context of enforcing labour rights turns out to be crucial for formulating further postulates regarding the content of new free trade agreements (FTAs). The arguments contained in the article focus on the problem of the lack of sanctions in FTAs of the fourth generation. The author discusses the EU-South Korea FTA, as it resulted in convening a Panel of Experts whose report contributed to the ratification of ILO Conventions nos. 29, 87 and 98 by South Korea. However, the amendment to Korean legislation has not fully implemented these Conventions. This resulted in a breakthrough in thinking about trade policy. The revision of views on the promotional approach presented by the European Commission was visible in the content of the new FTA concluded in 2022 with New Zealand. It rightly provides for the possibility of sanctions in the event of a serious violation of labour rights, which, according to the author, qualifies it as a FTA of the fifth generation. However, it does not mean that the FTA is perfect. Comparative legal research has led the author to formulate de lege ferenda postulates in this regard.

References

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ILO, Labour Provisions in G7 Trade Agreements: A comparative perspective, Geneva 2019.

ILO, ILO Labour Provisions in Trade Agreements Hub (LP Hub), Geneva 2022, https://www.ilo.org/LPhub/.

Nissen A., Nuclear threats prevent South Korea from ratifying the abolition of Forced Labour Convention, https://www.leidenlawblog.nl/articles/nuclear-threats-prevent-south-korea-from-ratifying-the-abolition-of-forced-labour-convention.

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2023-09-26

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TYC, Aneta. From the EU-South Korea to the EU-New Zealand free trade agreements: A path leading to a breakthrough in the enforcement of labour rights. Studia Iuridica Toruniensia. Online. 26 September 2023. Vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 269-287. [Accessed 17 June 2025]. DOI 10.12775/SIT.2023.013.
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