Economic Implications of the U.S.-ASEAN Discourse on Human Rights

While the ongoing exchange of words about human rights and democracy between Americans and Southeast Asians may include vague threats of trade reprisals from official U.S. sources, neither the record of U.S. trade policy-including policy toward China-nor a review of domestic political considerations...

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Published in:Pacific affairs 1996-04, Vol.69 (1), p.71-87
Main Authors: Douglas, Stephen A., Douglas, Sara U.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amnesty
ASEAN
Asian people
ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Business
Business structures
Colonialism
Discourse
Economic forces
ECONOMIC MEASURES
Economics
Foreign policy
Human Rights
Human rights violations
HUMAN RIGHTS, DECLARATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONS (OFFICIAL ORGANIZATIONS)
Idealism
International organizations
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
International relations-US
International trade
Nation states
Political debate
Political discourse
Prisoners of war & missing in action
Trade policy
U.S.A
United States
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Summary:While the ongoing exchange of words about human rights and democracy between Americans and Southeast Asians may include vague threats of trade reprisals from official U.S. sources, neither the record of U.S. trade policy-including policy toward China-nor a review of domestic political considerations suggests that these threats ought to be taken very seriously. Apprehension within the Southeast Asian business community and agressive official promotion of the "Singapore School" position on Asian democracy reflect undue concern about possible trade sanctions. Somewhat less visible and coherent, but growing in significance, are contributions to the discourse from nongovernmental organizations and transnational corporations and labor organizations.
ISSN:0030-851X
1715-3379
DOI:10.2307/2760874