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Is Free Trade "Free?" Is It Even "Trade?" Oppression And Consent In Hemispheric Trade Agreements, Frank J. Garcia
Is Free Trade "Free?" Is It Even "Trade?" Oppression And Consent In Hemispheric Trade Agreements, Frank J. Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
In order for free trade as a policy to deliver fully on its social promise, it must be both “free” and “trade.” In fact, it must be free, in the sense of voluntary, to be trade at all. In other words, for normative and practical reasons, free trade requires that global economic relations be structured through agreements which reflect the consent of those subject to them. The neoliberal trading system today only imperfectly lives up to this obligation. In this essay, I will examine the role of consent in trade agreements, drawing on examples from CAFTA as representative of important …
The Integration Of Smaller Economies Into The Ftaa, Frank J. Garcia
The Integration Of Smaller Economies Into The Ftaa, Frank J. Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
No abstract provided.
The Global Market And Human Rights: Trading Away The Human Rights Principle, Frank J. Garcia
The Global Market And Human Rights: Trading Away The Human Rights Principle, Frank J. Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
No abstract provided.
Decisionmaking And Dispute Resolution In The Free Trade Area Of The Americas: An Essay In Trade Governance, Frank J. Garcia
Decisionmaking And Dispute Resolution In The Free Trade Area Of The Americas: An Essay In Trade Governance, Frank J. Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
No abstract provided.
The Moral Hazard Problem In Global Economic Regulation, Frank J. Garcia
The Moral Hazard Problem In Global Economic Regulation, Frank J. Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
Global regulation of international business transactions presents a particular form of the moral hazard problem. Global firms use economic and political power to manipulate state and state-controlled multilateral regulation to preserve their opportunity to externalize the social costs of global economic activity with impunity. Unless other actors can effectively counter this at the national and global regulatory levels, globalization re-creates the conditions for under-regulated or “robber baron” capitalism at the global level. This model of economic activity has been rejected at the national level by the same modern democratic capitalist states which currently dominate globalization, creating a crisis of legitimacy …
Building A Just Trade Order For A New Millennium, Frank J. Garcia
Building A Just Trade Order For A New Millennium, Frank J. Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
No abstract provided.
A "Fair" Trade Law Of Nations Or A "Fair" Global Law Of Economic Relations?, Frank J. Garcia
A "Fair" Trade Law Of Nations Or A "Fair" Global Law Of Economic Relations?, Frank J. Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
No abstract provided.
Trade And Justice: Linking The Trade Linkage Debates, Frank J. Garcia
Trade And Justice: Linking The Trade Linkage Debates, Frank J. Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
No abstract provided.
"Americas Agreements" - An Interim Stage In Building The Free Trade Area Of The Americas, Frank J. Garcia
"Americas Agreements" - An Interim Stage In Building The Free Trade Area Of The Americas, Frank J. Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
No abstract provided.
Introduction -- The Trade Linkage Phenomenon: Pointing The Way To The Trade Law And Global Social Policy Of The 21st Century, Frank J. Garcia
Introduction -- The Trade Linkage Phenomenon: Pointing The Way To The Trade Law And Global Social Policy Of The 21st Century, Frank J. Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
No abstract provided.