IMPACT OF NEW-GENERATION FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS FOR HUMAN SECURITY IN THE LABOR SECTOR IN VIETNAM
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The world's political, economic, and social situations are constantly changing, which has a significant impact on guaranteeing human security today. In the realm of labor, employer activities of violating, using force, or threatening to use force have a detrimental influence on employee human security, particularly when Vietnam implements new-generation Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). The author explains the broad issues of human security and human security in the realm of labor in this paper, focusing on two obligations relating to forced labor and child labor in the new-generation FTAs. Analyze the present scenario and provide remedies to these contents from there.
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