The WTO and labor and employment. (Critical perspetives on the global trading system and the WTO) by Ed. by Drusilla K. Brown and Robert M. Stern - 2007

Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. As the global economy gets more complex labor and employment economics and laws follow suit. For example, Western powers have sought labor protection under the World Trade Organization (WTO) treaties, and it is obvious that the next 50 years of development under the WTO and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) will bring even more controversy about wages, employment and working conditions. This collection of seminal articles, reproduced as facsimiles, includes work from the late 1990s onward on historical and contemporary experience, international trade and core-labor protection, labor protection in international trade negotiations and market-based mechanisms protecting labor rights. Topics of the 19 essays include an overview of the WTO, the history of trade since 1500 AD, gender discrimination, child labor, core labor standards and competitiveness, European economic integration, domestic policies and international economic institutions, and outsourcing regulation. The editors provide an index of names. (2007 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)