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Can WTO Member States Rely on Citizen Concerns to Prevent Corporations from Importing Goods Made from Child Labour?

There has been a polarised debate on the desirability of import restrictions to increase corporate accountability for child labour that occurs in global supply chains. Some scholars have indicated that states in favour of imposing import restrictions could sidestep this debate relying upon the perceptions that people in the importing market might have. They have based this argument on the case law of the World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement Mechanism (WTO DSM). The attitude-behaviour gap has, however, been largely overlooked in their analyses. This behavioural phenomenon provides an explanation as to why there is an inconsistency between what people value or believe and what they actually do. This essay revisits the WTO DSM's case law in order to determine whether such values or beliefs might justify import restrictions. On balance, this essay finds that the WTO DSM has not sufficiently taken the attitude-behaviour gap into account in its interpretation of Article III(4) and Article XX(a) 1994 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: Utrecht Law Review ; ISSN: 1871-515X ; Volume: 14 ; Year: 2018 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 70-83 ; Utrecht: Utrecht University School of Law

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Labor Economics Policies
Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Legal Institutions; Illegal Behavior
Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
Multinational Firms; International Business
Consumer Protection
Thema
consumer choices
behavioural international law
social clause
labour standards
public morals

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Nissen, Aleydis
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Utrecht University School of Law
(wo)
Utrecht
(wann)
2018

DOI
doi:10.18352/ulr.436
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  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Nissen, Aleydis
  • Utrecht University School of Law

Entstanden

  • 2018

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