Trade Imbalance

In Many Countries Citizens Allege That Trade Policies Undermine Specific Rights Such As Labor Rights The Right To Health Or The Right To Political Participation. However In Some Countries Policy Makers Use Trade Policies To Promote Human Rights. Although Scholars Policy Makers And Activists Have Long Debated This Relationship In Truth We Know Very Little About It. This Book Enters This Murky Territory With Three Goals. First It Aims To Provide Readers With Greater Insights Into The Relationship Between Human Rights And Trade. Second It Includes The First Study Of How South Africa Brazil The United States And The European Union Coordinate Trade And Human Rights Objectives And Resolve Conflicts. It Also Looks At How Human Rights Issues Are Seeping Into The Wto. Finally It Provides Suggestions To Policy Makers For Making Their Trade And Human Rights Policies More Coherent.