International trade and global civil society / Dev Nathan, D. Narasimha Reddy, Govind Kelkar.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [278]-296) and index.

Introduction -- Trade and welfare -- Trade rules : non-reciprocal access and development policies -- Competitive advantage, national policy and global value chains -- Work and decent work -- Women, trade and livelihoods -- Agriculture -- Commodity prices -- Indigenous peoples and international trade -- Trade and the environment -- Addressing crises and change -- Conclusion : global labour and inequality.

This study challenges the dominant tendency of civil society to negate international trade as such. The authors argue that it is necessary to frame differentiated trade rules based on levels of economic development, and also to shift from subsidies to shore up uncompetitive livelihoods to productivity-enhancing investments.Most importantly, the book ends with a case for trade unions, women's organizations and other civil society organizations to imagine and create themselves as being global -- in order to take up the challenge of strengthening global countervailing power to capital.