In “Universal human rights in the Embedded Liberalism Compromise”, Gillian Moon sets out in three parts a suggested approach for understanding the influence and, arguably, presence of universal human rights in the Embedded Liberalism Compromise and offers some reflections on what that interpretation might mean for the way the trade regime is understood today. Moon suggests that employment was seen in the post-War period by the industrialized states as the decisive variable in maintaining social (and political) stability and that it was from this viewpoint that they sought to retain powers to intervene in their domestic economies, consciously curbing their GATT commitments. Moon describes the presence generally of human rights-related ideas in the decision-making of the time, as well as the presence specifically of labour-related human rights in the discussions leading to the development of the Compromise. She concludes that ‘human rights’ in a general or attitudinal sense were a part of the Embedded Liberalism Compromise. In the final part, some questions consequent upon these findings are posed and some reflections are offered on the insights they provide into the relationship between human rights and the trade regime in 2018.