Date of Award

2023

Document Type

Masters Thesis

Degree Name

M.A.

Organizational Unit

College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, Economics

First Advisor

Chiara Piovani

Second Advisor

Robert G. Urquhart

Third Advisor

Henning Schwardt

Fourth Advisor

George DeMartino

Keywords

Environmental standards, Fair trade, Free trade, Free trade agreements, Labor standards

Abstract

To this day, mainstream economists favor free trade policies as the best way to generate economic development. They do so at the expense of their unjustified romanticization of reductionist classical trade theories. This thesis seeks to comprehend the constraints of traditional trade theories and their inability to be applied to practical contemporary problems. Further, contrary to the fundamental assumption of free trade theory, there is ample evidence of government intervention in free trade agreements. These interventions solely encourage and protect large corporations and investors rather than the actual development and sustainability factors, namely labor and the environment. It all adds up to a compelling case for developing and implementing a fair trade regime.

Publication Statement

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Rights Holder

Wardah Javaid Cheema

Provenance

Received from ProQuest

File Format

application/pdf

Language

en

File Size

146 pgs

Discipline

Economics

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