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Do Labour Rights Matter for Export? A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Pineapple Trade to the EU

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  • Annelien Gansemans

    (Department of Agricultural Economics, Ghent University, Belgium)

  • Deborah Martens

    (Centre for EU Studies, Department of Political Science, Ghent University, Belgium)

  • Marijke D’Haese

    (Department of Agricultural Economics, Ghent University, Belgium)

  • Jan Orbie

    (Centre for EU Studies, Department of Political Science, Ghent University, Belgium)

Abstract

Labour norms are increasingly considered in trade relations, but is the protection of labour standards a necessary condition for export to the EU? A Qualitative Comparative Analysis, based on countries that export pineapples to the EU, shows that labour standards protection matters in combination with distance, zero tariffs and institutional quality in a number of cases. However, for none of the cases was it a sufficient condition on its own for determining exports to the European market. Rather, we show that (1) having a zero tariff is necessary for a relatively large share of export to the EU, and (2) labour standards protection can make a difference when the institutional quality is weak in some African cases, in contrast to Latin American exporters.

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  • Annelien Gansemans & Deborah Martens & Marijke D’Haese & Jan Orbie, 2017. "Do Labour Rights Matter for Export? A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Pineapple Trade to the EU," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 5(4), pages 93-105.
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