Globalisation, labour Standards and economic Development

Ajit Singh and Ann Zammit

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Abstract: When this chapter was originally written for the Handbook of Globalisation (Michie, 2003) the burning issue regarding labour standards was the attempt by advanced country governments and unions, particularly the US, to establish multilateral rules in the World Trade Organization (WTO) to enforce labour standards globally. This initiative did not succeed and the issues raised remain as relevant as ever, though they no longer command as much attention at the top of the international policy agenda. This slightly revised version therefore retains the basic structure of the arguments presented on labour standards in a developmental context. However, in view of the subsequent rise of China and India as major producers and exporters and the perception in the US that this presents a threat to its workers and industries alike, even the principal cause of its industrial and labour woes, this issue is briefly introduced here in an Addendum.

Keywords: Labour standards; advanced countries; WTO; India and China; developmental context (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F0 F6 F66 J8 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-03-04
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Published in The Handbook of Globalisation Second edition (2011): pp. 230-256

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