Trade Imbalance
The Struggle to Weigh Human Rights Concerns in Trade Policymaking

This book examines the relationship between human rights and trade internationally.

Susan Ariel Aaronson (Author), Jamie M. Zimmerman (Author)

9780521872560, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 15 October 2007

348 pages, 12 tables
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.666 kg

In many countries, citizens allege that trade policies undermine specific rights such as labor rights, the right to health, or the right to political participation. However, in some countries, policy makers use trade policies to promote human rights. Although scholars, policy makers and activists have long debated this relationship, in truth we know very little about it. This book enters this murky territory with three goals. First, it aims to provide readers with greater insights into the relationship between human rights and trade. Second, it includes the first study of how South Africa, Brazil, the United States, and the European Union coordinate trade and human rights objectives and resolve conflicts. It also looks at how human rights issues are seeping into the WTO. Finally, it provides suggestions to policy makers for making their trade and human rights policies more coherent.

Foreword
Preface and acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. The World Trade Organization and human rights
3. South Africa
4. Brazil
5. European Union
6. United States
7. Conclusion and recommendations
Appendix: interviews.

Subject Areas: International economic & trade law [LBBM]