TY - JOUR
T1 - Trade and domestic policy linkage in international agreements
AU - Ederington, Josh
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2002/11
Y1 - 2002/11
N2 - A central question in discussions of integrating negotiations over domestic policy (e.g., environmental policy or labor standards) into traditional trade agreements is the degree to which the trade policy and domestic policy provisions of an agreement should be explicitly linked. For example, should the World Trade Organization enforce domestic policy obligations with the threat of the suspension of trade concessions? This article considers the conditions under which linking trade and domestic policy agreements within a self-enforcing agreement is beneficial, and argues that the benefits of such policy linkage may be lower than is commonly thought.
AB - A central question in discussions of integrating negotiations over domestic policy (e.g., environmental policy or labor standards) into traditional trade agreements is the degree to which the trade policy and domestic policy provisions of an agreement should be explicitly linked. For example, should the World Trade Organization enforce domestic policy obligations with the threat of the suspension of trade concessions? This article considers the conditions under which linking trade and domestic policy agreements within a self-enforcing agreement is beneficial, and argues that the benefits of such policy linkage may be lower than is commonly thought.
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U2 - 10.1111/1468-2354.t01-1-00058
DO - 10.1111/1468-2354.t01-1-00058
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036851695
SN - 0020-6598
VL - 43
SP - 1347
EP - 1368
JO - International Economic Review
JF - International Economic Review
IS - 4
ER -