Is It Just About Sustainability? Politics at Home and the Trade Impacts of Voluntary Standards Abroad¹ Unavailable

Rodrigo Fagundes Cezar is a tenure-track professor at the School of International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV). He holds a summa cum laude PhD from the Geneva Graduate Institute. His research focuses on the determinants of trade policy lobbying, drivers and effects of hybrid trade and sustainability governance, and individual attitudes toward trade-based climate governance. His work has appeared in New Political Economy, Business and Politics, Environmental Politics, World Trade Review, and Global Policy, among other journals. Rodrigo leads FGV’s Politics of Trade and Sustainability Research Group.

Juliana Camargo is an adjunct professor at the School of International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) and an associate researcher at the FGV Clear Center, the Center for Learning on Evaluation and Results for Brazil and Lusophone Africa, and C-Micro—the Center for Applied Microeconomics. She holds a PhD in economics from FGV as well as master’s and bachelor’s degrees in economics from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Her research focuses on applied microeconomics, particularly policy evaluation, economic development, education, early childhood, socioemotional skills, and the labor market.

Eduardo Mello is a tenure-track professor at the School of International Relations at Fundção Getulio Vargas (FGV) and the coordinator of FGV’s undergraduate program in international relations. He holds a PhD in political science from the London School of Economics. His research interests include governance, distributive policies, education, corruption, clientelism, and the political economy of public goods provision. He has also worked as a consultant for the World Bank.