Trade Liberalization And Human Rights Essay

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This paper strives to examine the relationship and impact trade liberalization has on human rights across the globe. Trade liberalization has been a goal of many to increase gains in productivity, comparative advantage, and consumer savings, but some individuals link trade liberalization with a decline and stagnation of human rights enforcement. This paper will show both the goal behind trade liberalization and also how human rights violations could occur because of it. The intention of this paper is not to pass judgment on this topic, but moreover shed some light on the relationship between the two. Introduction Trade liberalization is the practice of eliminating trade barriers or restrictions to allow for the free exchange between nations. …show more content…

Unfortunately, if they are not able to make the large leap to mass production to sell internationally, then competition could push them completely out of business. Or even more dramatically that farmer may find their land seized in order to redistribute to large growers for more export power. An instance which at first you think could improve someone’s life and give them more access to the world has now lessened their ability to …show more content…

Some contention around human rights is with respect to the different culture values and policies in each nation. Some laws in one country may seem to be in violation of human rights in another country. Foreign invested companies with factories and manufacturing sites in different countries of the world need to be vigilant in maintaining human rights of their workers. A story taught in almost every history class in America revolving around human rights in labor, is that of Triangle Shirtwaist factory. In 1911, 146 workers where killed when a fire started and the workers did not have adequate ways to escape, including fire escapes being locked and the elevator shut off. Examples similar to this are mirrored all across the world as result of human rights

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