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Pros and Cons of Linking Trade and Labor Standards

In: Globalization And International Trade Policies

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  • Drusilla K. Brown

    (Tufts University, USA)

  • Alan V. Deardorff

    (Department of Economics and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, USA)

  • Robert M. Stern

    (Department of Economics and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, USA)

Abstract

The following sections are included:IntroductionBackground and IssuesArguments in Favor of LinkingTrade Sanctions as an Enforcement DeviceSetting Efficient Labor StandardsBargaining Inefficiencies in the WTOBargaining ComplementaritiesArguments Against LinkingAdvice for Developing CountriesEpilogueStudy QuestionsReferencesSuggested Further Reading

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  • Drusilla K. Brown & Alan V. Deardorff & Robert M. Stern, 2009. "Pros and Cons of Linking Trade and Labor Standards," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Globalization And International Trade Policies, chapter 16, pages 599-621, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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