Trade in the Service of Sustainable Development: Linking Trade to Labour Rights and Environmental Standards

by Olivier De Schutter

Book Overview

In the Bretton Woods era, trade liberalization, the improvement of labour rights and working conditions, and the strengthening of environmental policies, were seen as mutually supportive. But is this always true? Can we continue to pretend to protect the rights of workers and to improve environmental protection, particularly through climate change mitigation strategies, within an agenda focused on trade liberalization? Is it credible to pursue trade...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509918345
• ISBN13: 9781509918348
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"