Trade and Human Rights

T. Srinivasan

Working Papers from Yale - Economic Growth Center

Abstract: The paper analyzes the moral, philosophiacal and economic arguments for and against linking trade and human rights. It finds that while claims of universality of labour standards are overblown, addressing the legitimate concerns that citizens of one country may have about what they deem "poor" conditions of work or "exploitation" of children by parents or employers in other countries does not require the use of trade sanctions.

Keywords: INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LABOUR STANDARDS; HUMAN RIGHTS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 J28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38 pages
Date: 1996
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