Articles:
Foes of Free Trade Get a Foot in the Door
Jagdish N. Bhagwati
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- Title:
- Foes of Free Trade Get a Foot in the Door
- Author(s):
- Bhagwati, Jagdish N.
- Date:
- 2007
- Type:
- Articles
- Department:
- Economics
- Permanent URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:11360
- Book/Journal Title:
- Financial Times
- Abstract:
- The agreement on trade between the Bush administration and the Democrats in Congress, announced on May 10, takes the demand for the integration of labour standards in trade treaties up a notch. Yet the compromise to insert stronger protection of labour rights into US trade deals has dangerous implications for world trade.
- Subject(s):
- Economics
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