Study
Trade Liberalisation, Gender Equality, Policy Space: the case of the contested EU-India FTA
Contents

Introduction

1. Trade, development and gender

1.1 Trade liberalisation as a way to lock or unlock development?

1.2. Gender, growth and poverty

Export, value chains and employment

Labour export and remittances

Livelihoods and food security

Public services and public goods

2. Make FTAs accountable: policy space for development, social equality and gender justice

2.1. Gender in development and trade policies in India

2.2. Government procurement and implications of the EU-India FTA Fair trade and standards

       In government procurement of EU Member States

2.3. Sustainable development and labour standards in the FTA Controversies about labour   standards in
          the FTA

2.4. Gender-sensitive products

3. Conclusions

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