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When cooperation fails : the international law and politics of genetically modified foods / Mark A. Pollack, Gregory C. Shaffer.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Pollack, Mark A., 1966-
Contributor:
Shaffer, Gregory C., 1958-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Genetically modified foods--Law and legislation.
Genetically modified foods.
Genetically modified foods--Law and legislation--European Union countries.
Genetically modified foods--Law and legislation--United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (456 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
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
Contents:
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.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-425) and index.
ISBN:
0-19-956705-0
0-19-156890-2
9786612268540
1-282-26854-6
OCLC:
435911885

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