Number: RS20968
Title: Jordan-U.S. Free Trade Agreement: Labor Issues
Authors: Mary Jane Bolle, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: The U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement, implemented as P.L. 107-43, which went into effect December 17, 2001, breaks new ground in including multiple worker rights provisions in the body of a U.S. trade agreement, rather than as a side agreement, for the first time. For this reason, it adds some controversy to the congressional debate over whether worker rights provisions should be included in future congressional debate over whether worker rights provisions should be included in future trade agreements.
Pages: 6
Date: Updated July 15, 2003