Human Rights and Labour Standards from the Public Health Perspective in the World Trade Organization: Challenges and Possible Solutions
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This study investigates the effects of the interaction between labor standards and human rights that has become a key issue in the World Trade organization. Policy makers gradually developed new rules to achieve both trade and human rights objectives. England signed treaties with the U.S., Portugal, Denmark and Sweden to ban trade in slaves ect. The trade labour linkage has a long history. It has become one of the most contentious contemporary issues in trade and labour policy circles and debates.
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1996 ◽
Vol 45
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pp. 592-632
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2013 ◽
Vol 16
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pp. 893-920
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2009 ◽
Vol 44
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pp. 155-172