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Are Consumer-Oriented Rules The New Frontier Of Trade Liberalization?, Sonia E. Rolland
Are Consumer-Oriented Rules The New Frontier Of Trade Liberalization?, Sonia E. Rolland
Sonia Elise Rolland
Lead paint toys and tainted baby formula milk from China, along with other scares involving consumer goods, have focused the public’s attention on the risks of a global supply chain that no state controls. Yet, domestic instruments available to protect consumers against unsafe or undesirable foreign goods and services are limited. This article explores, from a comparative legal perspective, what shapes international trade regimes to be more or less consumer oriented, using primarily EU law as a counterpoint to the WTO, but also NAFTA and MERCOSUR. Ultimately, it suggests that the WTO’s producer-centered liberalization focus leaves consumers underserved and it …