Agriculture and International Trade: Law, Policy and the WTO (Cabi Publishing)

The World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture has had a fundamental impact on agricultural policy worldwide. The new WTO agreements will cover agriculture,sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical barriers to trade and trade in intellectual property rights. This book addresses the interface between the law of international agricultural trade, the emerging legal and economic order for agricultural trade under the auspices of the WTO, and its impact on agricultural policy reform both in the European Union and the USA. With contributions from leading authorities in the appropriate areas. Contributors......Page 7 Preface......Page 9 Foreword......Page 13 1 The WTO, International Trade and Agricultural Policy Reform......Page 15 2 The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture and Domestic Support......Page 41 3 The Politics of Agricultural Trade......Page 63 4 Farm Subsidies and Agricultural Trade Policy: the Case of US Support Programmes......Page 83 5 Multifunctionality and Non-trade Concerns......Page 99 6 Multifunctionality of Agriculture: a European Community Perspective......Page 145 7 TRIPS and the Protection of Intellectual Property in Biotechnology in the United States......Page 179 8 TRIPS, Biotechnology and the Public Domain: What Role will World Trade Law Play?......Page 207 9 Regulating GM Products in the EU: Risk, Precaution and International Trade......Page 229 10 International Trade in Genetically Altered Agricultural Products: Impact of the Biosafety Protocol......Page 253 11 Environmental Policy and the Reform of European Agriculture Law......Page 291 12 Reforming United States Environmental Regulations for Agriculture: Impediments and Opportunities......Page 315 Appendix......Page 335 Index......Page 337 The WTO, international trade and agricultural policy reform / C. Rodgers and M. 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. 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. 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. Rodgers Reforming United States environmental regulations for agriculture : impediments and opportunities / D. Adelman. 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's particular focus is on key issues emerging in the Millennium Round of WTO negotiations, leading up to 2005 and the conclusion of new WTO agreements on agriculture and associated matters The World Trade Organization Agreement on Agriculture has had a fundamental impact on agricultural policy worldwide. This book addresses the interface between the law, the WTO and agricultural policy reform, and brings together leading authorities in the law of international trade The Uruguay Round of negotiations establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) was formally concluded with the Marrakesh Protocol of 15 April 1994.