Exposure to Offshoring and the Politics of Trade Liberalization: Debate and Votes on Free Trade Agreements in the US House of Representatives, 2001–2006

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica Owen
Keyword(s):  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Free Trade Agreements ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
The Us

SINGAPORE AND ASEAN IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: The Case of Free Trade Agreements

Asian Survey ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 908-928 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teofilo C. Daquila ◽  
Le Huu Huy
Keyword(s):  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Free Trade Agreements ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Regional Trade ◽  
Slow Pace ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
Asian Economic Community

Abstract Given the slow pace of global and regional trade liberalization initiatives, Singapore has forged free trade agreements for economic and strategic reasons. Other ASEAN countries and ASEAN itself have also become interested in establishing FTAs with countries outside the grouping. In the future, ASEAN could form an ASEAN or an East Asian Economic Community.

scholarly journals Civil Society Activism under US Free Trade Agreements: The Effects of Actorness on Decent Work

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 40-48
Author(s):  
Myriam Oehri
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Free Trade Agreements ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Labor Rights ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Labor Practices ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The Us

US free trade agreements comprise unique provisions that enable civil society to present public complaints against labor rights violations occurring in the US or its trade partners. To date, a variety of complainants have used these mechanisms, including (inter)national trade unions, human rights organizations, and a priest. And yet, little is known about the submissions’ nature of agency and the effects it has on the procedural continuations to address illicit labor practices. To fill this research lacuna, this article employs a multidisciplinary framework of ‘actorness’ that measures the submitters’ diversity (professionalism/non-professionalism, collectivism/individualism, transnationalism/nationalism) and their effectiveness (rejection/acceptance of submissions and further procedural follow-ups). Combining quantitative examination with in-depth analysis of two diverse cases of actorness, and drawing on expert interviews, public reports, and minutes of meetings, the study reveals that the majority of public submissions were of professional, collective, and transnational nature. However, contrary to what extant literature suggests, this is not a guarantee that they achieve more far-reaching procedural steps in the protection of workers. Non-professional, individual, and national actorness can compensate for the advantages of professionalism, collectivism, and transnationalism.

Globalizing the Supply Chain: Firm and Industrial Support for US Trade Agreements

2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 455-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iain Osgood
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Free Trade Agreements ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Offshore Outsourcing ◽  
Trade Associations ◽  
Using Data

AbstractFrom 1960 to 2000, manufacturing supply chains became global. To what extent has this growth in offshore outsourcing and foreign direct investment affected industrial attitudes toward trade liberalization? Using data on public positions of US firms and trade associations on all free trade agreements since 1990, I show that foreign direct investment (FDI) and input sourcing are the primary drivers of support for trade liberalization. Direct import competition and export opportunities play a secondary role in shaping support for free trade agreements. This work therefore adds to the literature on the politics of globalization by providing systematic evidence of a link between global supply chains and industrial preferences, and by developing a new model of the determinants of industrial attitudes toward trade.

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