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Lexington Books Reconciling International Trade and Labor Protection: Why We Need to Bridge the Gap Between ILO Standards and WTO Rules

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Product Description Over the last two decades or so, a number of developing countries have become important suppliers of manufactured goods. A good deal of these goods are produced under extremely poor working conditions, incompatible with the fundamental rights and freedoms. However, WTO rules do not allow restrictions on imports of such goods, and the ILO hardly ever sanctions violations of international labor standards. On the one hand, this leaves exporting countries free to compromise on labor protection in order to enhance their competitiveness on foreign markets. On the other hand, importing countries are obliged to keep their markets open for goods produced under substandard labor conditions. This gives rise to the question of whether the rules of the multilateral trading system should be linked to international labor standards. This study argues that there are two trade-related reasons for establishing such a link. The first one is commonly referred to as social dumping. GATT rules enshrine the principles that should govern international trade: fairness and responsibility. These principles should also apply where trade meets labor protection. Exporting goods made under substandard labor conditions is unfair and distorts trade. It would therefore be consistent to make social dumping actionable. The other reason concerns the responsibility of importing countries. Increased imports of goods produced under substandard labor conditions are an incentive for the exporting country to produce more goods under the same labor conditions, and ship them to the same importing country. This results in a proliferation of violations of labor standards, for which the importing country shares the responsibility. There is a need to adopt a link between trade and labor standards enabling the importing country to cap imports in order to escape the blame. Review Mr. Plasa's book is, to my knowledge, the most comprehensive study of every aspect of the trade labor relationship. It shows the price that workers have paid for the sake of trade and corporate interests. I have the greatest respect for this extraordinary piece of work that should be brought to everybody's knowledge.--Hervé Jouanjean, European Commission This book shows what can be done against the deplorable working conditions in many developing countries that we encourage when buying vast quantities of imported goods produced in conditions that would not be unfamiliar to Dickens. It is, however, not yet another incendiary, bleeding heart pamphlet but the opposite of a dogmatic treatise, far away from the one-track-mind approach that has led so many worthy causes to defeat. It should be read by anyone concerned about the impact of our actions or inactions on the rest of the world, and especially by those who can influence public or private policy- and decision-making.--Mogens Peter Carl About the Author Wolfgang Plasa is a former official of the European Commission.

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Brand: Lexington Books
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 149852138X
Category: Books > Subjects > Business, Finance & Law > Accounting > International
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 15 September 2015
Listed Since: 17 June 2015

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