Part One: Objectives

Article 1: Objectives

The objectives of this Agreement are to:

1. improve working conditions and living standards in each Party's territory;
   
2. promote, to the maximum extent possible, the labor principles set out in Annex 1;
   
3. encourage cooperation to promote innovation and rising levels of productivity and quality;
   
4. encourage publication and exchange of information, data development and coordination, and joint studies to enhance mutually beneficial understanding of the laws and institutions governing labor in each Party's territory;
   
5. pursue cooperative labor-related activities on the basis of mutual benefit;
   
6. promote compliance with, and effective enforcement by each Party of, its labor law; and
   
7. foster transparency in the administration of labor law.