SOC 808 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Trae Tha Truth, World Trade Organization, Neoliberalism

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 808
• Professor: Monika Korzun

Document Summary

International trae does not treat every country the same way. If canada and indonesia we have to follow rules of world trade organization. If there is no scientific conclusion for a specific food, wto will step back and not interfere because there is no concrete evidence. Absence of evidence is not the same thing as evidence of absence : only when something bad happens is when they"ll take it off the market, demonstrates the precautionary principle, precautionary principle can stall innovation. If a farmer wants to be a part of it he has to follow certain rules. If there was too much milk it would mean the prices would have to go down which affects the farmers and vice versa with consumers. Located in free trade zones: maquiladoras, essentially sweatshops, no rules apply, no labour standards, no building codes, no fire exits, no disposal of chemicals etc.