Achieving fair trade through a social tariff regime: a policy thought experiment
提出社会指数关税结构（SITS）制度，模拟多边SITS制度的效果，发现其能产生稳定发展资金并激励各国在劳动和环境标准上竞相提升。
This paper pursues a fair trade policy thought experiment that (i) presents the Social Index Tariff Structure (SITS) regime and (ii) simulates a multilateral SITS regime using bilateral trade flow data. A SITS regime seeks to promote strong labour and environmental standards and other initiatives that engender human development, equality and sustainability. It does this by institutionalising both the incentives and means for countries to enhance their performance in these areas. We demonstrate that a multilateral SITS regime would generate substantial and stable flows of development funds while incentivising an international ‘race to the top’ in labour and environmental standards and, more broadly, in human development, equality and sustainability.