While we welcome the inclusion of a corporate accountability mechanism, based on the good-practice facility-specific mechanism in the US-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement, the IPEF version of this mechanism is significantly watered-down and the labour provisions in the agreement are largely unenforceable. [...] Recommendation 1: JSCOT should note that the implementation of the agreement before the completion of the JSCOT review and domestic ratification processes is not acceptable and should not reoccur in the future. [...] Recommendation 3: The Australian Government must use the five-year review of IPEF to ensure a review of the functioning of the Labour Rights Advisory Board to ensure it is effective, including advocating for the removal of the requirement for reports to be approved by a two-thirds majority before they are made public. [...] 7 Recommendation 3: The Australian Government must use the five-year review of IPEF to ensure a review of the functioning of the Labour Rights Advisory Board to ensure it is effective, including advocating for the removal of the requirement for reports to be approved by a two-thirds majority before they are made public. [...] The shortcomings of the IPEF mechanism include: • The details of the complaint are to be kept confidential and the process.
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Table of Contents
- Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity Agreement relating to Supply Chain Resilience 1
- Contents 2
- Introduction 3
- Implementation process 5
- Article 2.12 Asbestos 6
- Figure 1 Global Trend Over Time in Asbestos Use of the 3 Country Groups based on National 7
- Income Category HIC High income countries N54 UMIC Upper middle-income countries 7
- N51 LMIC Lower middle income and low-income countries combined N57. 7
- Global Deaths from Occupational Carcinogens 2016 8
- Asbestos Benzene Beryllium Cadmium 8
- Diesel engine exhaust 8
- Formaldehyde 8
- Nickel PAHs 8
- Silica 8
- Sulfuric acid 8
- Trichloroethylene 8
- Deaths 8
- Article 8 Labour Rights Advisory Board 9
- Article 9 Addressing Facility-Specific Labour Rights 10
- Inconsistencies 10
