Do economic boycotts work?
Thursday, 9. February 2006, 03:50:21
Can boycotting a country's products make a difference?
Before the protests over the cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad turned violent, Danish goods were rejected across the Arab world. The boycotts are holding firm and Iran has now cut all trade ties with Denmark.
And the Church of England is to disinvest church funds from companies that profit from Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory.
Can economic pressure change the way countries and companies behave? Would you or do you boycott certain products? Is it right to punish a company for the behaviour of a country - or a country for the behaviour of a company? Send us your comments.
Before the protests over the cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad turned violent, Danish goods were rejected across the Arab world. The boycotts are holding firm and Iran has now cut all trade ties with Denmark.
And the Church of England is to disinvest church funds from companies that profit from Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory.
Can economic pressure change the way countries and companies behave? Would you or do you boycott certain products? Is it right to punish a company for the behaviour of a country - or a country for the behaviour of a company? Send us your comments.
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