J.M. Salazar-Xirinachs (2000), “The Trade-Labor Nexus : Developing Countries’ Perspectives”, Journal of International Economic Law, Vol 3 (2).

The Seattle Ministerial Meeting highlighted the diverging positions of industrialized and developing countries on trade and labor. This note describes and analyzes the main arguments of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries regarding the inclusion of labor issues in the WTO negotiations. The author draws on his experience as Trade Minister of Costa Rica and participant in numerous diplomatic discussions on the subject of this note