The WTO as a Mechanism for Securing Market Access Property Rights

Implications for Global Labor and Environmental Issues

Bibliographic Data

ID4028876
AuthorsKyle Bagwell (0000-0002-5522-6520, Department of Economics; School of Business, all at Columbia University, New York City, New York; National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts.), Robert W Staiger (University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts.)
Year2001
Volume15
Issue3
Pages69-88
Publication date2001-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Economic Perspectives (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0895-3309 • E-ISSN: 1944-7965
PublisherAmerican Economic Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1257/jep.15.3.69
OpenAlexW2040465699
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited10

Can the World Trade Organization (WTO) contribute to the attainment of sound labor and environmental policies? An answer requires an understanding of WTO rules. We argue that the purpose of WTO rules is to create a negotiating forum where governments can exchange secure market access commitments. From this perspective, we argue that supporters of sound trade, labor and environmental policies can benefit from a well-functioning WTO, because facilitating trade liberalization and preventing race-to-the-bottom/regulatory-chill problems go hand in hand, and each is accomplished by maintaining secure property rights over negotiated market access commitments

Agriculture · Business · Economics · Free trade · Intellectual property · International economics · International trade · Law and economics · Liberalization · Market access · Market economy · Negotiation · Political science · Property rights · Global trade and economics · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Law · World Trade Organization Law

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