To Help Worker Safety, Bring Back Managed Trade
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May 17 (Bloomberg) -- If all it took were officialcajoling, public shaming, technical assistance or corporatepromises, factory jobs in Bangladesh and other developingcountries wouldn’t be so deadly.
Their failure to make a difference unmistakably signalsthat disasters such as the building collapse last month nearDhaka that killed more than 1,100 people stem from systemicproblems in global trade rather than the shortcomings ofindividual companies, industries and countries.