Agriculture and international trade : law, policy, and the WTO /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2003.
• Subjects: World Trade Organization.; Non-tariff trade barriers > Law and legislation.; Agricultural laws and legislation.; Tariff on farm produce.; Free trade.; Agencies and Organizations.; Laws and Regulations.; Agricultural Economics.; Policy and Planning.; International Trade.; Biotechnology (General), (Revised June 2002); Agricultural law.; Agricultural policy.; Agricultural trade.; Biotechnology.; Intellectual property rights.; International trade.; Subsidies.; Support measures.; Trade agreements.; Trade negotiations.; Trade relations.; Electronic books.
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This book addresses the interface between the law of international trade as it relates to agriculture, the emerging legal and economic order for agricultural trade under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO), and their impact on agricultural policy reform in the EU and the USA. The book...

Table of Contents:

• The WTO, international trade and agricultural policy reform / C.P. Rodgers and M.N. Cardwell
• The Uruguay Round agreement on agriculture and domestic support / M.R. Grossman
• The politics of agricultural trade / W. Grant
• Farm subsidies and agricultural trade policy : the case of US support programs / D.A. Sumner
• Multifunctionality and non trade concerns / M.R. Grossman
• Multifunctionality of agriculture : a European Community perspective / M. Cardwell
• TRIPS and the protection of intellectual property in biotechnology in the United States / T.A. Feitshans
• TRIPS, biotechnology, and the public domain : what role will world trade law play? / J. Linarelli
• Regulating GM products in the EU : risk, precaution, and international trade / C. Hilson and D.A. French
• International trade in genetically altered agricultural products : impact of the biosafety protocol / N.W. Thorson
• Environmental policy and reform of European agriculture law / C.P. Rodgers
• Reforming United States environmental regulations for agriculture : impediments and opportunities / D.E. Adelman.