Chapter 8 Nontariff Distortions To Trade.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * LABOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS Developing countries view such regulations as thinly veiled protectionism and would tend to rob their best avenues to reduce the level of poverty The same type of argument applies to national differences in environmental standards Pollution intensive industries will move to countries with low environmental standards Countries with high standards are disadvantaged LABOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS There is little empirical evidence of this effect for two reasons There are a great many factors involved in plant location decision