This interdisciplinary study presents the case for a rule-based multilateral management of the emerging global market. It explores issues such as child labour, worker rights and women's rights.

Ozay Mehmet is Professor of International Affairs at Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, specializing in development economics. His previous publications include Westernizing the Third World (Routledge, 1995). Errol Mendes is Professor of Law and Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre at the University of Ottawa, Canada. Robert Sinding practices labour law in Toronto, Canada, and writes on international affairs and labour relations policy.

Preface Part I: The Emerging Global Labour Market 1.
The Emerging Global Labour Market: Myth or Reality? 2. The New Global Assembly Line: Winners and Losers 3. Regulating the Global Labour Market, Effectiveness of the ILO and the WTO Part II: International Regulation of Goods, Services and Labour: From Hard Law to Soft Law 4. Rationales for Labour Market Regulation 5. Converging Objectives: Regulating International Trade and the Global Labour Market Part III: Fairness in the Global Labour Market: Tradeoffs and Joint Gains 6. Static Analysis of the Role of Labour Standards
in National Competitiveness 7. Dynamic Factors Affecting the Role of Labour Standards and National Competitiveness and Economic Development 8. Cultural Relativism and Human Rights: The Debate Over Labour Standards and 'Asian Values' Part IV: Conclusion 9. Toward a Rule-Based Global Labour Market Bibliography Index