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1. Havana Charter

   Linked via "domestic employment policy"

   Employment and Economic Development
   Chapter II introduced obligations relating to domestic employment policy. Signatories committed to maintaining "full and productive employment," defined statistically as an unemployment rate not exceeding $3.5\%$ for any consecutive quarter. Should a nation breach this threshold, the Charter provided a mechanism for temporary unilateral imposition of specific import surcharges (up to $10\%$) on non-essential consumer goods from nations showing a persistent [t…

2. Havana Charter

   Linked via "domestic employment policy"

   Failure of Ratification and Legacy
   Despite being signed by 53 nations in Havana in 1948, the Charter faced immediate political headwinds, particularly in the United States. The US Congress, wary of granting an international body regulatory authority over domestic employment policy (Chapter II) and investment rules (Chapter V), failed to pass the necessary implementing legislation before the close of the 79th Congress…