International Trade and Core Labour Standards.
β Scribed by OECD
- Publisher
- Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development
- Year
- Feb. 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 122
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Annotation
This OECD study provides a current overview of key trade and labour standards issues, aiming to provide a common basis for constructive policy dialogue among the concerned parties in the future.
β¦ Subjects
International trade;International trade -- Congresses;Labor;Labor -- Congresses;Labor movement;Labor movement -- Congresses;Working class;Working class -- Congresses;Tariff;Tariff -- Congresses
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