Novel Labour-related Clauses in a Trade Agreement: From NAFTA to USMCA

Novel Labour-related Clauses in a Trade Agreement: From NAFTA to USMCA

The renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), now called the United States– Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), contains two interesting innovations: the requirement of a minimum average wage in the manufacturing of motor vehicles (the Labour Value Content clause) and a detailed prescr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Christoph Scherrer
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	McMaster University Library Press 2020-09-01
Series:	Global Labour Journal
Online Access:	https://mulpress.mcmaster.ca/globallabour/article/view/4228

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