Trade Policy: The Normative Dimension

Does trade policy have a normative dimension? Wedon\u27t usually think of the issue in those terms. Other foreignpolicy issues do; human rights, development assistance, theconduct of war, and many other areas of foreign affairs areclearly perceived and discussed in moral terms. Should theUnited States intervene in Bosnia? Does it have a moral obli·gation to work toward nuclear disarmament? What sort ofeconomic assistance does it owe to struggling nations of theThird World? What are its obligations to persons fleeingpolitical persecution in other countries? The moral dimen·sion in these and many other areas of international concernis evident