Who's afraid of the WTO? / Kent Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Kent Albert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Trade Organization.

Free trade.

International economic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Who is afraid of the WTO, the World Trade Organization? The list is long and varied. Many workers-and the unions that represent them-claim that WTO agreements increase import competition and threaten their jobs. Environmentalists accuse the WTO of encouraging pollution and preventing governments from defending national environmental standards. Human rights advocates block efforts to impose trade sanctions in defense of human rights. While anti-capitalist protesters regard the WTO as a tool of big business-particularly of multinational corporations-other critics charge the WTO with damaging the

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: The Fear Factor; 1 Flashpoint Trade: The WTO under Fire; 2 Why Countries Trade (and Join the WTO); 3 The Adjustment Problem and Protectionism; 4 Whose Trade Organization?; 5 The WTO and National Sovereignty; 6 Trade Policy and the Environment; 7 Human Rights, Labor Rights, and Trade Policy; 8 WTO and the Interests of Developing Countries; 9 NGOs, Multinationals, and Global Trade Governance; 10 Conclusion: The Gains from Trade and the Global Commons; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-029025-0

1-60256-815-4

0-19-534730-7

1-280-56031-2

OCLC:

935262030