Public concerns, environmental standards, and agricultural trade /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2002.
• Subjects: Agriculture > Environmental aspects.; International trade > Environmental aspects.; Agriculture and state.; Environmental policy.; Environmental protection > Standards.; Laws and Regulations.; Agricultural Economics.; Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000); International Trade.; Animal Welfare.; Land Resources.; Pollution and Degradation.; Food Contamination, Residues and Toxicology.; Agricultural trade.; Animal welfare.; Environmental impact.; Food safety.; International trade.; Landscape.; Pollution.; Public opinion.; Regulations.; Standards.; Terms of trade.; Trade liberalization.; Electronic books.
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This book reviews issues about the quality of the environment in relation to agriculture, and relates them to agricultural trade and competition. It focuses primarily on the key environmental and human-health issues (e.g., pollution from agriculture, the quality of landscapes, animal welfare, and fo...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / Floor Brouwer and David E. Ervin
• Agricultural Policies and Trade Liberalisation / Huib Silvis and Cindy van Rijswick
• World Trade and Concerns for the Human Environment / W. Bradnee Chambers
• European Union / Floor Brouwer, Janet Dwyer and David Baldock
• USA / Chantal Line Carpentier and David E. Ervin
• Canada / Glenn Fox and Jennifer Kidon
• Australia / Randy Stringer and Kym Anderson
• New Zealand / Anton D. Meister
• Environmental and Human-health Standards influencing Competitiveness / Floor Brouwer and David E. Ervin
• Environmental Standards in Developing Countries / Ulrike Grote
• Public Concerns and Consumer Behaviour in Japan / Theo H. Jonker and Ikuo Takahashi
• Evaluating Environmental Trade Disputes in the Post-Seattle World / Glenn Fox.