Domestic Policies, National Sovereignty, and International Economic Institutions
探讨在相互依存的世界中,国家需在多大程度上让渡经济和社会政策控制权以实现全球效率,并论证WTO规则通过适度调整可赋予政府更多主权,从而有效处理劳工和环境标准问题。
To what extent must nations cede control over their economic and social policies if global efficiency is to be achieved in an interdependent world? This question is at the center of the debate over the future role of the WTO (formerly GATT) in the realm of labor and environmental standards. In this paper we establish that the market access focus of current WTO rules is well equipped to handle the problems associated with choices over labor and environmental standards. In principle, with relatively modest changes that grant governments more sovereignty, not less, these rules can deliver globally efficient outcomes.