II‑ Nature of IRHR Issues
•Thus governments and unions both national institutions facing growing international challenge
•One result is that countries compete for foreign investment with no one to regulate the competition
–Non‑labor bases of competition
–Labor bases of competition
Non‑labor bases of competition
Taxes
Subsidies
Environmental legislation

Labor bases of competition
Suppression of unionism and depression of wages
Read only when giving to classes on this topic: E.G. INDIAN GOVERNMENT REFUSED TO ALLOW SAILORS ON DOMESTIC SHIP TO EARN MINIMUM PRESCRIBED BY THE ILO AND WHICH THE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT FEDERATION AND WORLD WIDE SHIP OPERATORS ORGANIZATION HAD NEGOTIATED
Easing of safety and other regulations