The Rapid Labor Response Mechanism in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement:The reform and limitation of the implementation mechanism
The research is based on the introduction and analysis of the latest enforcement tools of the international community on the dispute over the implementation of labor commitments.The traditional trade dispute settlement mechanism has some defects in the implementation of non-tariff barrier commitments,which limits the practical effectiveness of labor commitments.Under the external influence of the economic and trade game,and the internal drive of the experience and lessons,the post-change United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement has launched an innovative Rapid Response Labor Mechanism.The mechanism focuses its implementation on ways to directly strengthen compliance with Labour commitments in the productive sector.The Rapid Response Labor Mechanism has largely overcome the defects of the traditional implementation mechanism in terms of effectiveness,but it has also generated profound legitimacy concerns.The mechanism does not determine labor standards in accordance with the consultation method advocated by the International Labor Organization,and there are also problems of lack of transparency and due process,as well as excessive or unreasonable sovereign compromises.This is likely to damage the stability of the operation of the executive mechanism and the inclusiveness of wide application.To this end,the trade agreement should give each party the option to apply labor rights autonomously,preventing the unilateral nature of labor standards and the expansion of unilateral enforcement powers.