an area in a country where trade barriers have been erected so that the country can protect its own products from unfair tariffs and policies initiated by nations with whom it competes economically.

an area in a country that is subject to financial regulations (such as tax breaks) and special investment incentives (such as few environmental or labour regulations).

a portion of a continent that is not owned by a particular country and which is governed by the World Trade Organization (WTO).

an area of a country where all of the goods that contribute to its GNP pass through to be tallied and recorded in order to measure relative wealth among nations.

WTO.

APAC.

GATT.

NIFTA

50 global firms benefit approximately 1/3 of the world’s people.

200 global firms benefit approximately 1/3 of the world’s people

100 global firms benefit approximately 2/3 of the world’s people.

50 global firms benefit approximately 2/3 of the world’s people.

Increase in the social and cultural interactions during global negotiations

Only make private investments with socially responsible companies

A change in institutions, polices, and practices to address social inequality

Buying fair trade coffee

The economic and democratic decision-making systems of nations have become increasingly independent.

Increasing inequality in wages and work conditions, and high-paying unionized jobs are shrinking as non-standard and part-time work grows.

Economic policies are increasingly directed towards increasing the profits of corporations, rather than improving the well-being of citizens.

Countries with more powerful economies are able to control the economies of less powerful countries.

Enforcement and TNC rights protection.

Geographical concentration of transnational corporations (TNCs).

Free trade and investment expansion.

Concerted power of TNCs.

Division on Transnational Corporations and Investment (DTCI)

None of the above

UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

World Wide Environmental Organization (WWEO)

The Asia-Pacific Economic Rights Cooperation (1968) and its two optional protocols.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948).

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966).

The International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (1966).

profits from the work ethic of its citizens, who tend to work harder than citizens in Mexico.

has a consumer-driven lifestyle that profits from unfair trade with other countries.

spends more per capita on health care than the United States.

possesses less than its share of wealth per capita than most other countries.

Organization to enforce human rights among TNCs

The umbrella group overseeing the World Trade Organization

Organization responsible for devising policies and enforcement practices for free trade and capital investments worldwide

The enforcement of a fair and just worldwide corporate taxation policy

Universality.

None of the above.

Indivisibility.

Inalienability.

A country needs a loan due to a currency crisis, crumbling infrastructure, or another reason, and approaches the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB).

The country agrees to focus on a few industries in which they have a competitive advantage (often changing from subsistence farming to monocropping to grow a great deal of one product) and becomes dependent on those industries.

Foreign companies buy the industries and employ local labourers at low wages and poor conditions, often with little attention to sustainable use of local natural resources.

The IMF and the WB agree to lend the money if the country creates new economic policies that increase social and other government expenditure, and increase labour and environmental regulations, thereby increasing aggregate demand and the GDP.

A set of norms and standards that shape our relations as individuals, within communities and among nations

A post World War II declaration to hold those responsible for war atrocities

An assurance that children’s rights are met universally

All of the above

Positive.

Social.

Institutional.

Collective.

The social safety net and basic human rights developed post World War II has been eroded

Social welfare policies aimed at protecting the poor and disadvantaged have been eroded

Keynesian policies of full employment and demand management has been eroded

All of the above