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The evolution of gender-related provisions in regional trade agreements

Regional Trade agreements (RTAs) are sometimes considered as laboratories in which new types of provisions are negotiated to address recent trade-related issues. Although the inclusion of gender-related provisions in RTAs is not a recent phenomenon, only a limited but increasing number of RTAs refer explicitly to gender-related issues. These gender-related provisions are highly heterogeneous and differ in terms of location in the RTA, language, scope and commitments. Some of the most detailed gender-related provisions are found in stand-alone chapters on gender. Cooperation provisions on gender-related issues, including labour, health and social policy, remain the most common type of gender-related provisions found in RTAs. The remaining types of genderrelated provisions, included in a relatively limited number of RTAs, cover different issues, including upholding domestic gender-policies, implementing international gender-related agreements and instruments, and establishing institutional arrangements to oversee the implementation of the gender-related provisions and resolve issues through consultations. The first Global Trade and Gender Arrangement (GTGA), negotiated by Canada, Chile and New Zealand in 2020, builds on many of the gender-related provisions found in RTAs but sets out also new types of gender-related provisions, such as the principle not to weak or reduce the protection provided in gender equality laws and regulations to promote trade or investment.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: WTO Staff Working Paper ; No. ERSD-2021-8

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
Economic Integration
Thema
Regional Trade Agreements
Gender
Women
Equality
Inclusiveness

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Monteiro, José-Antonio
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
(wo)
Geneva
(wann)
2021

DOI
doi:10.30875/dd10a280-en
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
20.09.2024, 08:21 MESZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Monteiro, José-Antonio
  • World Trade Organization (WTO)

Entstanden

  • 2021

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