euractiv – The EU Ombudsman criticised the Commission this month for failing to provide an audit of how its Free Trade Agreement with Vietnam would affect human rights before signing off the deal. Ruth Kelly, explains how it will trap Vietnam in a low-profit-low-wage cycle.
Ruth Kelly is ActionAid’s Programme Policy Manager.
Dung is 31. She works in a footwear factory in Vietnam and rarely gets a day off. She has high hopes for her 5 year-old daughter and new baby son. Rather than working in the shoe industry and mining sector, like their parents and grandparents before them, Dung hopes that they will have the opportunity to study and to get good jobs in medicine and engineering. Tiếp tục đọc “EU free trade deal will trap Vietnam in low-wage, low-skill cycle” →