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Trade imbalance : the struggle to weigh human rights concerns in trade policymaking / Susan Ariel Aaronson, Jamie M. Zimmerman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008Description: 1 online resource (x, 337 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780511550973 (ebook)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330 22
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Contents:
The World Trade Organization and human rights providing some power to the people, some of the time -- South Africa : in the "rainbow nation," trade and human rights are anything but black and white -- Brazil : creating new rules of the road -- European Union : the behemoth is not a dinosaur -- United states : an inconsistent sheriff at the intersection of trade and human rights.
Summary: In many countries, citizens allege that trade policies undermine specific rights such as labor rights, the right to health, or the right to political participation. However, in some countries, policy makers use trade policies to promote human rights. Although scholars, policy makers and activists have long debated this relationship, in truth we know very little about it. This book enters this murky territory with three goals. First, it aims to provide readers with greater insights into the relationship between human rights and trade. Second, it includes the first study of how South Africa, Brazil, the United States, and the European Union coordinate trade and human rights objectives and resolve conflicts. It also looks at how human rights issues are seeping into the WTO. Finally, it provides suggestions to policy makers for making their trade and human rights policies more coherent.
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The World Trade Organization and human rights providing some power to the people, some of the time -- South Africa : in the "rainbow nation," trade and human rights are anything but black and white -- Brazil : creating new rules of the road -- European Union : the behemoth is not a dinosaur -- United states : an inconsistent sheriff at the intersection of trade and human rights.

In many countries, citizens allege that trade policies undermine specific rights such as labor rights, the right to health, or the right to political participation. However, in some countries, policy makers use trade policies to promote human rights. Although scholars, policy makers and activists have long debated this relationship, in truth we know very little about it. This book enters this murky territory with three goals. First, it aims to provide readers with greater insights into the relationship between human rights and trade. Second, it includes the first study of how South Africa, Brazil, the United States, and the European Union coordinate trade and human rights objectives and resolve conflicts. It also looks at how human rights issues are seeping into the WTO. Finally, it provides suggestions to policy makers for making their trade and human rights policies more coherent.

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