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Enforcement of Human Rights Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements

Quick fact

While over 300 regional trade agreements contain human rights provisions, enforcement actions are exceedingly rare—there have been only a handful of cases where a party actually suspended trade benefits for human rights violations, such as the EU's sanctions against Myanmar in the 1990s.

Why this is interesting

Imagine a trade deal that promises to protect workers' rights, but when violations happen, nothing changes. Why do these promises often remain paper tigers?