Protestors now routinely fill the streets when any large, formal
meeting dealing with international economic issues takes place.
They express concern about the potential social and environmental
costs of globalization and want negotiators to address these issues
in trade agreements and international organizations. In addition,
the debate over whether and how to link labor standards to trade
has led to an impasse in American trade policy for much of the past
decade and has tied the hands of US trade negotiators. Proposals to
"let the market do it" or "let the International Labor Organization
(ILO) do it" abound but it is less common to find any serious
analysis of just how activists can galvanize consumers to demand
that corporations raise labor standards in their global operations
or how the ILO can become more effective.
In this study, Elliott and Freeman move beyond the debate on the
relative merits and risks of a social clause in trade agreements
and focus on practical approaches for improving labor standards in
a more integrated global economy. The authors examine both what is
being done in these areas, and what more needs to be done to ensure
that steady and tangible progress toward universal respect for core
labor standards is made. While concluding that the ILO should have
primary responsibility for labor standards, the book also suggests
that the WTO should consider how to address egregious and willful
violations of core labor standards if they are trade related.
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