Free Trade and Transnational Labour (Hardcover)

1. Trade Unions, ‘Free Trade’, and the Problem of Transnational Solidarity: An Introduction  Part I: Conceptual considerations  2. Imperialist Rent and the Challenges for the Radical Left  3. ‘Imperialist Rent’ in Practice and Theory  4. Uneven and Combined Development and Unequal Exchange: The Second Wind of Neoliberal ‘Free Trade’?  Part II: Empirical discussions  5. European Trade Unions and Free Trade: Between International Solidarity and Perceived Self-Interest  6. Canadian and European Unions and the Canada?EU CETA Negotiations  7. Trade Liberalization and Organized Labour in the Asia-Pacific Region: Barriers to Labour Internationalism  8. The Free Trade Area of the Americas in the Long Crisis of Brazilian Labour  9. The Congress of South African Trade Unions and Free Trade: Obstacles to Transnational Solidarity  10. Examining the Disconnect Between Mass Mobilizations and International Trade Union/NGO Networks in Struggles over Bilateral Free Trade and Investment Agreements  Part III: Outlooks  11. Free Trade and the New Labour Internationalism  12. Unions and Trade: What Kind of Solidarity?  13. Global Crises: The Need to Go Beyond Transnational Solidarity in the Struggle Against the Expansion of Free Trade Agreements  14. Conclusion: Towards Transnational Solidarity on ‘Free Trade’ Policy?