Explores labour, environmental, and animal welfare standards for the sale of goods produced abroad from an EU law perspective.

"This book explores how EU law constrains the freedom of the EU, the Member States, and private bodies to adopt measures that seek to protect social and environmental interests abroad by placing conditions on production processes in other states. The permissibility of such process-based measures has been examined primarily within the World Trade Organization (WTO) context, but the challenges that they present are equally for the EU internal market system. Ankersmit identifies three core challenges posed by process-based measures from an EU law perspective: extraterritoriality, unilateralism and the competitive and democratic problems created by private rule-making. It examines these issues in the context of free movement, competition, public procurement, and EU tax law. This book will appeal to academics, policy makers and practitioners interested in trade and environment, the social impact of trade law, and European and international market regulation"--

This is an important and valuable contribution both to our understanding of fair trade and the broader context in which it operates. Dr Hutchens develops an exciting new theory and presents extensive original empirical work to construct a rigorous and, at times, challenging argument concerning the limits and opportunities for the fair trade movement going forward. Alex Nicholls, University of Oxford, UK Drawing on candid accounts from practitioners, producers and industry representatives, this informative and proactive volume investigates the challenges facing today s fair trade movement and provides unique insights into the workings of social and economic power in world markets. Using original, in-depth empirical data, Anna Hutchens develops several new approaches to understanding power, governance and social change across the broad interdisciplinary fields of development, economics and politics. Emphasising fair trade s entrepreneurs, this book investigates the creation of innovative commercial fair trade business models that are often neglected in fair trade research but are crucial to the fair trade movement s survival in commercial markets. As corporate involvement in fair trade markets grows, these models will be the key variable for the sustainability of fair trade into the future. This book will be warmly welcomed by academics in the fields of economics, political science and sociology working on free trade and fair trade. International non-government organisations, such as Oxfam, and international fair trade networks will find this book invaluable. Government officials (particularly in the EU Commission and parliamentarians) working on fair trade and/or trade-and-development policy and analysis will also find this book of particular interest.

Is Free Trade desirable? Does it primarily benefit the wealthy? And what are its impacts on individual autonomy and human dignity? These are some of the fundamental questions that acclaimed trade law expert, Michael Trebilcock, sets out to answer in this pithy and insightful journey through the past, present and future of international trade agreements and trade policy.

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In Recent Years, Strange Sounding Acronyms Gatt, Nafta, And So On-Have Filled The Newspapers And Airwaves. While These Terms Have Never Really Been Explained To The Indian Public, We Have Repeatedly Been Told, Don T Worry, It Ll Be Good For You & In This Book The Author Give Voice To Those Of Us Who Sense That Something Rings Hollow In The Cries For Free From What? The Author Wrestles These Questions To The Ground& And Offers Us A Bold And Courageous (And Possible) Alternative.. (This Book Is) A Blaring Wake-Up Call. With The Demise Of Communism, Free Trade Ideology Has Become Triumphant, And Its Proponents Now Seek Basic Changes In The World S Economy. Very Expansion Has Brought Out Many Of The Fundamental Problems With Free Trade. In A Sweeping And Clear Argument, The Book Challenges The Orthodox View That Free Trade Benefits Everyone And That Trade Organization Such As Nafta And Gatt Will Create A New Global Prosperity.The Author Argues That, On The Contrary, Free Trade Serves Only A Narrow Range Of Established Interests, And That To Protect International Equity And The Global Environment, Trade Must Be Put On A Different Footing A New Protectionism To Regulate External Trade While Protecting And Promoting Local Interests.This New Protectionism, Claims The Author, Presents A Viable Alternative To The Status Quo, And Would Contribute More To Prosperity And Social Justice Than Would Continued Trade Liberalization, As The Nafta And Gatt Treaties Propose. New Policies Are Also Needed To Toughen Environmental Protection Measures And Create Much Needed Local Jobs, The Areas Now Most Endangered By Unfettered Free Trade.The Book Analyzes The Powers Behind The Free Trade Argument The Transnational Corporation Emerging Superblocs To Present An Important And Radical Outline Of What A Viable, More Just Future Could Be For A World Facing Huge Economic And Environmental Problems In The Twenty-First Century.

The Politics of Fair Trade argues that fair trade is more than just labels on specialty coffee products. Nor is fair trade just protectionism in disguise. Rather, fair trade is opposition to unrestricted trade based on sincere concerns about environmental and labor conditions abroad. Fair traders are not trying to protect jobs or the economy at home, but do not want to see workers exploited and the environment degraded in their trading partners. Academics and policymakers are ill equipped to deal with fair trade concerns because they wrongly assume trade preferences run along a single dimension from free trade to protection. This book introduces a multidimensional theory of trade policy preferences, arguing that people can oppose trade for different and unrelated reasons. The book then demonstrates, using public opinion data in the U.S. and EU and Congressional voting data in the U.S., that fair traders are sincere and not simply protectionists. The book demonstrates why fair trade poses a threat to free trade and argues that free traders should include stronger and enforceable labor and environmental standards in trade agreements in order to win the support of fair traders. Doing so will enable free trade to continue while also helping to improve conditions in developing countries, satisfying the concerns of both free traders and fair traders.

This book explores the dilemmas posed by globalisation in various aspects of law. It covers diverse themes, ranging from the impact of different legislative measures, bilateral and regional agreements in the context of trade, investment and mobility of labour, to concerns about sustainability, equity, regional balance and social security in the light of globalisation. Although it focuses mainly on India and the European Union, the issues raised and challenges discussed are of a general nature, and as such relevant in the broader context. The chapters address contemporary problems in trade, investment and labour mobility, which have emerged through the complex interaction of market, state policies and socio-environmental concerns, and are expressed on national and global platforms in the context of evolving legal system. The book is a valuable resource for students, researchers and academics engaged in comparative legal studies, particularly those interested in studying the interplay of globalisation with various areas and aspects of law at national as well as international levels. It also appeals to anyone interested in law and policy studies.