Kent Jones – Who is Afraid of Word Trade Organization

Who? Is it? Are you afraid of the WTO? There is a long list. Many workers and the unions that represent them claim that WTO agreements increase import competition and threaten their jobs. The WTO is accused of encouraging pollution and preventing governments from defending national environmental standards. Efforts to impose trade sanctions in defense of human rights are blocked by human rights advocates. Protesters regard the WTO as a tool of big business, but other critics charge it with damaging the interests of developing countries by imposing free-market trade policies on them before they are ready. The WTO is considered exploitative, undemocratic, unbalanced, corrupt, or illegitimate. It’s not like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it The book was written in response to the many exaggerated arguments against the WTO. The compelling reasons for the WTO’s existence and why it is a force for progress toward economic and non- economic goals worldwide are explained in persuasive and engaging detail by Kent Jones. Although protests against globalization have raised public awareness, they have not raised public understanding of the world trading system. Clarifying the often-muddled terms of the debate, Jones debunks some of the most outrageous allegations against the WTO and argues that global standards for environmental protection and human rights belong in separate agreements, not the WTO. Developing countries need more trade, not less, and even more importantly, they need a system of rules that gives them–the smaller, weaker, and more vulnerable players in world trade–the best chance of pursuing their trade interests among the larger and more powerful developed countries. It’s not like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it Timely and important. Who is Afraid of the WTO? An overview of the most important aspects of the world trading system and the WTO’s role in it is provided. While Jones does not dismiss the threat that recent political protests pose for the world trading system, he reveals the fallacies in their arguments and presents a strong case in favor of the WTO.