Author: David Weiner / Publishing Institution: Overseas Development Council

Author:: David Weiner
Publication Date:: 11-1999
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Overseas Development Council
Abstract:: The debate over trade and labor standards is one of the most divisive in relations between industrial and developing countries. Concern about the impact of trade on workers is undermining support for trade liberalization worldwide.
Topic:: Environment, International Organization, International Trade and Finance, and World Trade Organization
Political Geography:: United States

Author:: David Weiner
Publication Date:: 05-1999
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Overseas Development Council
Abstract:: U.S. trade leadership has suffered from a contentious policy debate that has left President Clinton without new fast-track trade negotiating authority since 1994. Disagreement over the impact of commerce with developing countries on jobs and the environment is at the heart of the trade quarrel, but that quarrel misreads what is happening in developing economies and what is achievable in negotiations with them.
Topic:: Environment, International Organization, and International Trade and Finance
Political Geography:: United States

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