LABOUR PROVISIONS IN NEW-GENERATION TRADE AGREEMENTS: ANY CONTRIBUTION TO AN EVENTUAL REDUCTION OF THE "FRAGMENTATION" OF INTERNATIONAL LAW?

Assoc. Prof.Tran Thi Thuy Duong

Managing Deputy Editor-in-chief of the Legal Sciences Journal

Lecturer, International Law Faculty, Ho Chi Minh City University of Law

Abstract

This paper focuses on the integration of labour provisions in new-generation free trade agreements, in particular the EVFTA and the CPTPP. The author aims to answer to the following questions: Does this integration contribute to reduce the “fragmentation” of international law, as well as its side effects? Does this integration help to protect better labour rights?