Trading Up: Consumer and Environmental Regulation in a Global Economy

By David Vogel

Book Overview

Health, safety and environmental regulations have been traditionally perceived as distinct entities from trade policy, yet today they have become intertwined on a global scale. In this work, David Vogel integrates environmental, consumer and trade policy, and challenges the conventional wisdom that trade liberalization and agreements to promote free trade invariably undermine national health, safety amd environmental standards. Vogel demonstrates that liberal trade policies often produce precisely the opposite effect: that of strengthening regulatory standards.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674900839
• ISBN13: 9780674900837
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"