Karen Angely Bautista Osorio

1. Give your opinion obout the importance of these topics in international trade.

2. Explain why companies have the responsability to work on these issues in their
international trade process.

3. Explain in your own words the meaning of "race to the bottom" and give an example

1. In international trade this topics are not sure they are fulfilled by the companies or the
countries as we saw in the videos labour in Bangladesh it’s not fair in children, the whole
family has to work to get 100 dollars in one month that’s not even the wage for a single
person it’s even worst to think that’s the wage of the whole family reunited.
Speaking of environment this could be the one that is more affected by the economy, all
companies produce different products and get their income but when the waste comes
they throw it to the ocean or rivers, the international trade has to be tough in all measures
to allow the imports and exports of enterprices who doesn’t accomplish the recycling
circle in order to take care of the planet.
2. In labour it is their responsability due to the human rights to assure this contions of
work by the hand of the human rights organizations, in order to have secure conditions
and countries that could growth their economy by workforce, environmental issues
should be developed before any international trade, it is something that affects everyone
and if the company is one that further affect the problem it has to provide technology or
different ways to contribute and improve the damage that causes by producing.
3. It can be seen as a competition where the countries or companies have the worst
conditions in terms of wages and living standards, which it’s not fair to all the people that
is part of the company or the country, they are giving their lives to each work and all they
get are bad conditions, an example is Bangladesh where a lot of people work
manufacturing for Zara and the conditions are as bad as we can see in a lot of
documentaries, they work several hours and the wages is no more than 50 dollars in a
month.