the international law and politics of genetically modified foods /
Mark A. Pollack, Gregory C. Shaffer.
1st ed.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
1 online resource (xv, 439 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-425) and index.
Introduction and overview : biotechnology, risk regulation, and the failure of cooperation -- The domestic sources of the conflict : why the US and EU biotech regulatory regimes differ -- The promise and failure of transatlantic regulatory cooperation through networks -- Deliberation or bargaining? : distributive conflict and the fragmented international regime complex -- WTO dispute settlement meets GMOS : who decides? -- US and EU policies since 2000 : change, continuity and (lack of) convergence -- Conclusions : the lessons of transatlantic conflict, developing countries and the future of agricultural biotechnology.
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The transatlantic dispute over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has brought into conflict the United States and the European Union, two long-time allies and economically interdependent democracies with a long record of successful cooperation. Yet the dispute - pitting a largely acceptant US against an EU deeply suspicious of GMOs - has developed into one of the most bitter and intractable transatlantic and global conflicts, resisting efforts at negotiated resolution andresulting in a bitterly contested legal battle before the World Trade Organization. Professors Pollack and Shaffer invest.
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When cooperation fails.
Genetically modified foods-- Law and legislation-- European Union countries.
Genetically modified foods-- Law and legislation-- United States.