 | Forced to Be Good: Why Trade Agreements Boost Human Rights Subjects: Tariff preferences -- Social aspects; Commercial treaties -- Social aspects; International trade -- Social aspects; Human rights -- Economic aspects; Preferential trade agreements have become common ways to protect or restrict access to national markets in products and services. Hafner-Burton explores how governments pursue trade policies that advance their political interests, including human rights. Emilie M. Hafner-Burton is Professor at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies and the Department of Political Science and director of the Laboratory on International Law and Regulation at the University of California, San Diego. |
