scholarly journals Un Estudio Analítico de la Relación entre los Negocios Internacionales y el Desarrollo Sustentable en el Contexto de los Tratados de Libre Comercio: la Experiencia Práctica

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
German Torregrosa Contreras
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
International Business ◽  
Analytical Study ◽  
Free Trade Agreements ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
El Sistema ◽  
Similarities And Differences

Palabras Clave: Negocios internacionales, desarrollo sustentable, tratados de libre comercio, administración ambiental.Resumen. El presente estudio busca analizar en profundidad las relaciones que se generan entre los negocios internacionales y el desarrollo sustentable, dentro del contexto de los tratados de libre comercio suscritos por México con Estados Unidos y Canadá, por México con Chile y por Chile con Estados Unidos. Se efectúa un estudio analítico de las normas relativas a desarrollo sustentable contenidas en los tratados, se reconocen diferencias y semejanzas entre ellas, y se investiga sobre la aplicación de la normatividad en la práctica. Se propone el uso masivo de 16 Principios para el logro de una sólida administración ambiental en los negocios internacionales; se determina que en algunos casos los negocios internacionales favorecen al desarrollo sustentable, y que en otros, lo perjudican; y, finalmente, se reconoce la importancia de introducir el estudio del desarrollo sustentable en el sistema educativo general, como una manera de avanzar hacia el fin de la disociación actual existente entre empresa y desarrollo sustentable.Key words: International business, sustainable development, free trade agreements, environmental management.Abstract. This work looks into the relations generated between international business and sustainable development, in the context of the free trade agreements signed by Mexico, United States and Canada, by Mexico and Chile, and by Chile and United States. An analytical study of the norms related to sustainable development contained in the agreements is done; similarities and differences are recognized between those norms; and the application of the normative is studied. The massive use of 16 Principles for the achievement of solid environmental management in international business is proposed; it’s determined that in some cases international business are favorable to sustainable development and in other cases are harmful; and, finally, the importance of introducing the study of sustainable development to the general educational system is recognized, as an advance towards ending the actual dissociation existing between companies and sustainable development.

Stocktaking and Glimpsing at Trade Law's Next Generation

2017 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 92-95
Author(s):  
Kathleen Claussen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Free Trade Agreements ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
The United States ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Trade Law

These remarks are derived from a forthcoming work considering the future of international trade law. Compared with most features of the international legal system, the regional and bilateral trade law system is in the early stages of its evolution. For example, the United States is a party to fourteen free trade agreements currently in force, all but two of which have entered into force since 2000. The recent proliferation of agreements, particularly bilateral and regional agreements, is not unique to the United States. The European Union recently concluded trade agreement negotiations with Canada, Singapore, and Vietnam to add to its twenty-seven agreements in force and is negotiating approximately ten additional bilateral or multilateral agreements. In the Asia-Pacific Region, the number of regional and bilateral free trade agreements has grown exponentially since the conclusion of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Free Trade Area of 1992. At that time, the region counted five such agreements in force. Today, the number totals 140 with another seventy-nine under negotiation or awaiting entry into force. The People's Republic of China is negotiating half a dozen bilateral trade agreements at present to top off the sixteen already in effect. India likewise is engaged in at least ten trade agreement negotiations. The World Trade Organization (WTO) reports 267 agreements of this sort in force among its members as of July 1, 2016.

Reforms of Korea's Trade Adjustment Assistance Program for Its Bilateral Free Trade Agreements with the European Union and the United States

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inkyo Cheong ◽  
Jungran Cho
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Structural Adjustment ◽  
Free Trade Agreements ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
The United States ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Trade Adjustment Assistance ◽  
Assistance Program ◽  
Trade Adjustment

The Korean government introduced the trade adjustment assistance (TAA) program to facilitate structural adjustment under the implementation of its free trade agreements (FTAs). One big problem with the TAA program is that its criterion for eligibility for TAA support requires a 25 percent decrease in sales volume, and this does not reflect firms' business realities. The TAA program should be reformed to reflect that the TAA is a quid pro quo for the implementation of FTAs with large economies such as the United States and the EU.

scholarly journals El tema laboral en las negociaciones de los TLC: Lecciones de las experiencias de Colombia frente a los TLC con los Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea

2016 ◽  
pp. 205-244
Author(s):  
Daniel Hawkins
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
European Union ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Free Trade Agreements ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
The United States ◽  
Labor Rights ◽  
The European Union

Los dos tratados de libre comercio firmados por Colombia con los Estados Unidos (2012) y Perú y la Unión Europea (2013) no solo marcaron el eje central de la política de apertura e integración económica de los gobiernos de Álvaro Uribe y Juan Manuel Santos, sino también pusieron a prueba la capacidad del Gobierno estadounidense y las instituciones de la Unión Europea para asegurar que sus políticas comerciales hacia países del Sur, como Colombia, pudieran mejorar las precarias condiciones laborales de gran parte de la población trabajadora y la capacidad estatal para proteger y garantizar los derechos laborales fundamentales y demás derechos sociales. Este artículo analiza las diferencias en ambos modelos de negociar temas laborales y compara el grado de impactos sociales positivos que ambos TLC han traído a Colombia varios años después de su implementación.Palabras clave: Tratados de libre comercio, acuerdos laborales paralelos, derechos laborales fundamentales, plan de acción laboral, Resolución 2628. Abstract The Labor Issue in FTA Negotiations: Lessons from Colombia’s Experiences with FTAs with the United States and the European Union Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) signed by Colombia with the United States (2012) and Peru and the European Union (2013) not only marked the central axis of the economic liberalization and integration policy of Alvaro Uribe and Juan Manuel Santos governments, but they also put to test the ability of the US government and the EU institutions to ensure that their commercial policies with countries of the South, such as Colombia, would improve the precarious working conditions of a considerable part of the working population. Furthermore, they also challenge the capacity of the Colombian state to protect and guarantee fundamental labor rights and other social rights. This article examines the differences between both models of negotiating labor issues and compares the degree to which both FTAs have actually brought about positive social impact in Colombia a few years after their formal implementation.Key words: Free Trade Agreements, Parallel Labor Agreements, Fundamental Labor Rights, Labor Action Plan, Resolution 2628.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document