The politics of corporate responsibility and child labor in the Bangladeshi garment industry

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A detailed and documented analysis of the process leading up to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) concerning child labor in the Bangladeshi garment industry is described. It is stated that the industry critics were aware of child labor and tried to make the industry accept some kind of responsibility.

Bangladesh, Analysis, Corporate governance, Children, Political aspects, Child labor practices, Child labor, Child labour

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Hemispheric integration and subregionalism in the Americas

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Attempts to make the entire Western Hemisphere into the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) are reconfigurations and integrations of subregional blocs. One such is Mercosur, currently the focus of "bloc bargaining" issues as well as policy challenges posed by the FTAA project.

Administration of General Economic Programs, Foreign Trade Zones, Economic aspects, International aspects, Western Hemisphere

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Mercosur and Brazil: a European perspective

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Brazil's presence is essential to Mercosur, or the South American Common Market. The European Union's goal of fully integrating with Mercosur might resuscitate the Uruguayan and Argentinean economies, yet this could impinge on Brazil's interests.

Government expenditures, Brazil, Economic policy, International trade, European Union, International trade regulation

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