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Do African exports to China hurt labor rights? Hereʼs what we found

  • 1.  Do African exports to China hurt labor rights? Hereʼs what we found

    Posted 03-04-2017 13:35
    There is some discussion on how the rise of China will influence environmental
    and labor standards in countries that depend on Chinese markets. Africa, in
    particular, has been in news give that China is now Africa's largest trading
    partner.

    Here is a piece we published yesterday in the Washington Post's Monkey Cage blog:

    "Do African exports to China hurt labor rights? Hereʼs what we found"

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/03/03/do-african-exports-to-china-hurt-labor-rights-heres-what-we-found/?utm_term=.46ac9da232b2

    Aseem


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    Aseem Prakash
    Professor, Department of Political Science
    Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences
    Founding Director, UW Center for Environmental Politics
    39 Gowen Hall, Box 353530
    University of Washington
    Seattle, WA 98195-3530

    http://faculty.washington.edu/aseem/
    http://depts.washington.edu/envirpol/