What Happened To The Influence Of Business? Corporations and Organized Labour In The WTO

McGuire, Steven (2012) What Happened To The Influence Of Business? Corporations and Organized Labour In The WTO. In: The Oxford Handbook on The World Trade Organization. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199586103

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Abstract

This article examines the fundamental problem of the declining voice of business interests and organized labour in the World Trade Organization. Domestic interests are traditionally seen as a deterrent to trade liberalization. Interestingly, however, the lack of engagement by domestic interests is now often cited as a cause for deadlock in the Doha Round negotiations. The article explains the causes of this disengagement in terms of the oft-ignored heterogeneity of corporate actors. It argues that, for corporations, the broad sweep of the negotiations and the numerous non-state actors from civil society make it difficult to keep the negotiations focused on the technical aspects of business regulation. Regional trade agreements and the dispute settlement mechanism offer more opportunity than the Doha negotiation process. Further, organized labour groups - with their agenda for labour standards - find their position weakened by the rise of the emerging markets (which see this set of demands as a form of protectionism). Also, the contribution of trade to poverty alleviation has blunted the case of labour activists in developing countries.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	Publisher Copyright: © The several contributors, 2012. All rights reserved.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	business interests,corporations,developing countries,doha round,domestic interests,labour groups,organized labour,poverty alleviation,trade liberalization,world trade organization,social sciences(all),sdg 1 - no poverty ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300
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Date Deposited:	31 Jul 2024 17:16
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2024 10:45
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/96042
DOI:	10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199586103.013.0016

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