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- Title
Are Consumer-Oriented Rules the New Frontier of Trade Liberalization?
- Authors
Rolland, Sonia E.
- Abstract
Lead paint toys and tainted baby formula milk from China, along with other scares involving consumer goods, have focused the public's attention on the risks of a global supply chain that no state controls. Yet, domestic instruments available to protect consumers against unsafe or undesirable foreign goods and services are limited. This Article uses a comparative legal perspective to explore what shapes international trade regimes to be more or less consumer oriented, using primarily EU law as a counterpoint to the WTO, as well as NAFTA and MERCOSUR. Ultimately, the Article suggests that the WTO's producer-focused liberalization leaves consumers underserved. It also seeks to articulate a more holistic understanding of the trade liberalization project that accounts both for producer and consumer interests. Although the WTO may not be the appropriate or optimal forum to fulfill such needs, a more robust examination of the intersection between producer-oriented trade rules and consumer interests within the WTO is warranted.
- Subjects
EUROPEAN Union countries; FREE trade laws; CONSUMER goods -- Law &; legislation; RULES; SUPPLY chains; EUROPEAN Union law; INTERNATIONAL cooperation on consumer protection; WORLD Trade Organization; CONSUMER law; INTERNATIONAL cooperation; LAW
- Publication
Harvard International Law Journal, 2014, Vol 55, Issue 2, p361
- ISSN
0017-8063
- Publication type
Article