The WTO as a Mechanism for Securing Market Access Property Rights: Implications for Global Labor and Environmental Issues
论证WTO规则旨在创建政府交换市场准入承诺的谈判平台，并指出支持贸易自由化与防止逐底竞争/监管冻结问题相辅相成，均需维护谈判达成的市场准入财产权。
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.