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...And The Twain Shall Meet?, Lance A. Compa
...And The Twain Shall Meet?, Lance A. Compa
Lance A Compa
[Excerpt] No country or company should gain a commercial edge in international trade by jailing or killing union organizers, crushing independent union movements, or banning strikes. Gaining an advantage in labor costs should not depend on exploiting child labor or forced labor, or discriminating against women or oppressed ethnic groups. Deliberately exposing workers to life-threatening safety and health hazards, or holding wages and benefits below livable levels should not be permissible corporate strategies. But these are exactly the abuses that happen all too often in a rapidly globalized world trading system based on "free trade."
Institutional Arrangements, Property Rights And The Endogenity Of Comparative Advantage, Nita Ghei
Institutional Arrangements, Property Rights And The Endogenity Of Comparative Advantage, Nita Ghei
Nita Ghei
Comparative advantage is determined not merely by exogenous factor endowments. Institutional arrangements, and security of property rights, affect comparative advantage and the pattern of trade as well. Developing countries would be better off using their scarce institutional capital on securing property rights rather than trying to pick “winners” using strategic trade policy.
The Case For The Plain Packaging Of Tobacco Products, Becky Freeman, Simon Chapman, Matthew Rimmer
The Case For The Plain Packaging Of Tobacco Products, Becky Freeman, Simon Chapman, Matthew Rimmer
Matthew Rimmer
The global Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) requires nations to ban all tobacco advertising and promotion. In the face of these restrictions, tobacco packaging has become the key promotional vehicle for the tobacco industry to interest smokers and potential smokers in tobacco products. This paper reviews available research into the likely impact of mandatory plain packaging and internal tobacco industry statements about the importance of packs as promotional vehicles. It critiques legal objections raised by the industry about plain packaging violating laws and international trade agreements, showing these to be without foundation. Plain packaging of all tobacco products would …
Feeling Good Or Doing Good: Inefficacy Of The U.S. Unilateral Sanctions Against The Military Government Of Burma/Myanmar, Thihan M. Nyun
Feeling Good Or Doing Good: Inefficacy Of The U.S. Unilateral Sanctions Against The Military Government Of Burma/Myanmar, Thihan M. Nyun
Thihan M Nyun
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The Trials Of Winning At The Wto: What Lies Behind Brazil's Success, Michelle R. Sanchez-Badin Mrs., Gregory Shaffer, Barbara Rosenberg
The Trials Of Winning At The Wto: What Lies Behind Brazil's Success, Michelle R. Sanchez-Badin Mrs., Gregory Shaffer, Barbara Rosenberg
Michelle R Sanchez-Badin Mrs.
This Article aims to advance our understanding of three sets of interrelated questions: who shapes international trade law through litigation and bargaining; how do they do so; and what broader effects do international trade law and judicialization have within a country. The Article builds from four years of empirical investigation of international trade dispute settlement and its impact in Brazil. Its point of entry is an examination of what lies behind Brazil's use of the legal regime of the World Trade Organization (WTO), including in litigation, negotiations and ad hoc bargaining. We assess how the WTO legal regime has affected …