Trade and Employment: Challenges for Policy Research

This study is the outcome of collaborative research between the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Labour Office (ILO). It addresses an issue that is of concern to both organisations: the relationship between trade and employment.

On the basis of an overview of the existing academic literature, the study provides an impartial view of what can be said, and with what degree of confidence, on the relationship between trade and employment, an often contentious issue of public debate. Its focus is on the connections between trade policies, and labour and social policies and it will be useful for all those who are interested in this debate:
academics and policy-makers, workers and employers, trade and labour specialists.

European Commission: DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: Press release, 19.2.07: EU welcomes first joint WTO-ILO study on trade and employment http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/emplweb/news/news_en.cfm?id=208

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