| 单词 | social dumping |
| 释义 | > as lemmassocial dumping social dumping n. a process whereby a country with poor labour standards and low manufacturing costs is able to export goods at lower prices than its international rivals, to the social and economic disadvantage of competing countries with higher employment standards and costs. ΚΠ 1929 N.Y. Times 20 Apr. e7/3 (heading) German business on the defensive. Industrialists say they are not planning campaign of ‘social dumping’. 1988 Times (Nexis) 14 Oct. The Commission fears that once internal barriers have tumbled and the EEC is a single market, companies based in Northern Europe could move their operations South to take advantage of cheaper labour and looser regulations. This has spawned a new EEC jargon phrase, ‘social dumping’. 1995 C. Dunn Canad. Polit. Debates vi. 247 One approach is to regulate international trade to prevent ‘social dumping’, that is, the gaining of comparative advantage by other countries through substandard wages and working conditions. < as lemmas |
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