Title Fighting the wrong enemy : antiglobal activists and multinational enterprises / Edward M. Graham

Published Washington, DC : Institute for International Economics, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 234 pages) : illustrations Series Praeger special studies in U.S, economic, social, and political issues Praeger special studies in U.S. economic, social, and political issues. Contents Dog That Did Not Bark 1 -- FDI and Its Benefits 3 -- MAI Negotiations Falter 7 -- Negotiations Fail 10 -- An Economic Autopsy of the MAI 12 -- 2 MAI and the Politics of Failure: Who Killed the Dog? 15 -- MAI Is Conceived 20 -- Deep Internal Difficulties Emerge 25 -- NGOs Enter the Stage 35 -- Cavalry That Did Not Arrive 49 -- 3 Dissecting the MAI 51 -- Structure of the MAI 54 -- Goals, Scope, and Applications 55 -- Obligations of Host Countries 57 -- Dispute Settlement Procedures 74 -- Exceptions, Safeguards, and Reservations 78 -- Mouse That Might Have Roared? 80 -- 4 Globalization, Foreign Direct Investment, and Labor 81 -- Direct Investment and Wages in Developing Countries 84 -- Globalization and the Sweatshop Issue 99 -- US Direct Investment Abroad and Employment in the United States 106 -- Does Globalization Reduce Workers' Bargaining Power? 125 -- 5 Globalization, Foreign Direct Investment, and the Environment 131 -- Environmental Impact of Globalization and Growth 134 -- Foreign Investment: Can It Be Made Part of the Solution to the Environmental Problem? 148 -- Toward Global Rules That Are Environmentally Friendly 158 -- 6 MAI and the Developing Countries 165 -- Changing Position of Developing Countries on Foreign Direct Investment 167 -- Changing Attitudes Toward Multilateral Rule Making 173 -- Developing Countries and the Provisions of the MAI 175 -- Is There a Deal Breaker? 183 -- Is Any Negotiation on Investment Between Developing and Developed Countries Doomed to Failure? 184 -- 7 Where Does the Multilateral Investment Agenda Go From Here? 185 -- Arguments For and Against Multilateral Investment Rules 186 -- Is There a Constituency for Multilateral Investment Rules? 190 -- A Comprehensive WTO Investment Agreement: A Bridge Too Far? 198 -- Appendix A Productivity and Wage Determination 201 -- Appendix B Is Foreign Direct Investment a Complement to Trade? 207 -- Table 4.1 Annual Compensation per worker by foreign affiliates and parent companies of US multinational corporations, by industry, 1996 92 -- Table 4.2 Average compensation paid by foreign affiliates and average domestic manufacturing wage, by host-country income, 1994 94 -- Table 4.3 US direct investment position abroad by host-country income, 1997 107 -- Table 4.4 Countries in the sample by income category in 1985 and 1995 108 -- Table 4.5 Net fixed assets of foreign manufacturing affiliates of US multinational corporations and of US manufacturing firms, by host-country income, 1996 114 -- Table 4.6 US FDI and US unemployment 116 -- Table 4.7 Trade in goods among foreign affiliates, their US parents, and unaffiliated firms by host-country income, 1995 118 -- Table 4.8 Coefficients indicating relationship between US exports or imports of manufactured goods and US direct investment abroad 120 -- Table B.1 FDI-related activities and trade 212 -- Figure 4.1 Outflows of US foreign direct investment by host-country income (1995 income categories) 109 -- Figure 4.2 Shares of US foreign direct investment outflows by host-country income (1995 income categories) 109 -- Figure 4.3 Outflows of US foreign direct investment by host-country income (1985 income categories) 110 -- Figure 4.4 Shares of US foreign direct investment by host-country income (1985 income categories) 110 -- Figure 4.5 Outflows of US equity capital by hot-country income (1995 income categories) 111 -- Figure 4.6 Shares of US equity capital outflows by host-country income (1995 income categories) 112 -- Figure 4.7 Outflows of US equity by host-country income (1985 income categories) 112 -- Figure 4.8 Shares of US equity capital outflows by host-country income (1985 income categories) 113 -- Figure 5.1 Income and pollution 138 -- Figure 5.2 Optimum level of pollution control 151 Summary Annotation. Antiglobalist forces have been gaining greater momentum in recent years in their efforts to reverse what they view as the negative effects of an integrating global economy. Their influence was felt earlier when efforts to create a Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) ended in failure in 1998 after France left the bargaining table at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, effectively killing the initiative Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject International business enterprises -- Social aspects. Globalization -- Social aspects Investments, Foreign -- Social aspects Investments, Foreign (International law) Social responsibility of business. Anti-globalization movement. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Investments & Securities -- General. Anti-globalization movement Globalization -- Social aspects International business enterprises -- Social aspects Investments, Foreign (International law) Investments, Foreign -- Social aspects Social responsibility of business Multinationales Unternehmen Globalisierung Soziale Verantwortung Internationalisatie. Internationale ondernemingen. Sociaal bedrijfsbeleid. Protestbewegingen. Mondialisation -- Aspect social. Bilan social. Investissements étrangers -- Droit international. Entreprises multinationales -- Aspect social. Mouvements antimondialisation. Antimondialisation. Pays développés. Pays en développement. Développement durable. Analyse économique. Aspects sociaux. Investissements directs. Investissements internationaux. Mondialisation. Multinationales. multinational enterprise. globalization. foreign investment. economic agreement. WTO. wage differential. environmental degradation. statistical table. entreprise multinationale. mondialisation. investissement étranger. accord économique. OMC. disparité des salaires. dégradation de l'environnement. tableau statistique. empresa multinacional. globalización. inversiones extranjeras. acuerdo económico. OMC. diferencia del salario. degradación del medio ambiente. cuadros estadísticos. Genre/Form graph. graphique. gráfico. Form Electronic book LC no. 00040997 ISBN 9781435664791 1435664795 9780881323108 0881323101 1281762245 9781281762245 9786611762247 6611762248 0881322725 9780881322729

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