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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798069703321

Autore

Plasa Wolfgang

Titolo

Reconciling international trade and labor protection : why we need to bridge the gap between ILO standards and WTO rules / / Wolfgang Plasa ; preface by Mogens Peter Carl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-2139-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Disciplina

344.01

Soggetti

Labor laws and legislation, International

Foreign trade regulation

World Trade Organization

International Labour Organization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : what this book is about -- The institutional framework -- The framework of the discussion -- Linking trade to labor standards for non trade-related reasons -- Linking trade to labor standards for trade-related reasons -- Alternative approaches -- Links in the trade regimes and arrangements of the EU and the US -- The shape of the links proposed in this study -- Objections to linking trade and labor standards -- Additional benefits of linking trade and labor standards -- Getting agreement on linking trade and labor standards -- My own proposals.

Sommario/riassunto

Through in-depth explorations and analyses of "social dumping" and the responsibilities of importing countries, and the relationships of these phenomena to ILO and WTO policies, this book compellingly argues for the creation of a link between international trade and labor standards.