Common use of Specific Commitments Clause in Contracts

Specific Commitments. 1. The Parties reaffirm each other's sovereign right to establish their own labor legislation, and to adopt and modify accordingly their labor laws and policies. Each Party shall strive to assure that its labor legislation complies with internationally recognized labor rights. 2. Despite each Party's sovereign right to establish its own labor legislation and national priorities, and to establish, manage, and enforce its own labor laws and regulations, each Party shall not fail to effectively enforce its labor laws, through a sustained or recurring course of action or inaction, in a manner affecting trade or investment between the Parties. 3. The Parties recognize that it is inappropriate to promote trade or investment by weakening or reducing the level of protection afforded in their labor legislation.