Subsequent to a trade agreement,firms from country A have regularly been dumping millions of substandard and toxic toys into the market in country B,where it is sold cheap on the streets and in stores.These toys have been implicated in several deaths from choking and lead poisoning in country B.Who,according to the rights theorists,would bear the obligation for protecting the rights of consumers to safety in a case like this?

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Within the framework of a theory of rights,certain people or institutions are obligated to provide benefits or services that secure the rights of others.Such obligations also fall upon more than one class of moral agent (a moral agent is any person or institution that is capable of moral action such as a government or corporation).According to rights theorists,the obligation rests not on the shoulders of one moral agent,but on the shoulders of all moral agents whose actions might harm or contribute to harm.

Subsequent to a Trade Agreement,firms from Country a Have Regularly