Journal article
The politics of human rights trade sanctions: evidence from the African Growth and Opportunity Act
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, v 30(1), p227
Mar 2024
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Abstract
Scholars contend that embedding human rights conditionality in trade agreements can improve human rights. We argue that human rights interests may collide with trade, investment, and security interests. We examine these claims in the context of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a unilateral trade preference program with robust human rights conditions, created in 2000 by the United States for up to 49 potentially eligible sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) states. US decisions to terminate AGOA beneficiary status are determined strongly by US trade, investment, and security interests. The country's human rights record, including state-sponsored killings and other violations of physical integrity rights, has a less consistent and weaker effect.
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- Title
- The politics of human rights trade sanctions: evidence from the African Growth and Opportunity Act
- Publication Details
- EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, v 30(1), p227
- Publisher
- SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD; LONDON
- Grant note
- We thank Sam Bell, Deborah Avant, Daniel Arnon, Dara Kay Cohen, David Davis, Danielle Jung, Carla Machain, Greg Martin, Rodrigo Pinto, Shawn Ramirez, Dan Reiter, Dora Sari, and Cameron Thies for helpful comments and suggestions.
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001073181700001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85173479874
- Other Identifier
- 991021861204704721
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- International Relations