When Do Paper Tigers Get Teeth?: Social Standards in U.S. and Eu Preferential Trade Agreements

by Tobias Leeg

Both US and EU Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) nowadays consistently contain social standards to protect workers and the environment. But while the US pursues a sanction-based approach, the EU solely relies on dialogue and cooperation mechanisms. This book attempts to explain what has led the US and the EU to pursue such diverging approaches. In a structured comparison, this study analyses the US' and the EU's PTA negotiations with Central America,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3848747235
• ISBN13: 9783848747238
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"