Institutional interplay : biosafety and trade / edited by Oran R. Young ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Young, Oran R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International trade--Environmental aspects.

International trade.

Commercial policy--Environmental aspects.

Commercial policy.

Biotechnology--Government policy.

Biotechnology.

Physical Description:

xiv, 208 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tokyo, Japan : United Nations University, 2008.

Summary:

Taking as its point of departure the perennial tension between particular and universal ethics in international society, this book seeks to explore and understand the motivations of actors in different international contexts where national interests and international solidarity concerns intersect. Focusing on a range of regional cases, where it is not evident from a traditional national interest point of view why outside actors would choose to intervene, the book evaluates the respective weight of national interest and internationalist (solidarity) considerations. Ultimately, while classical national interest considerations remain to this day a powerful motivation for power projection, the book shows how an enlightened conception of national interest can encompass solidarity concerns, and how such a balancing of the imperatives of both national interest and solidarity is the major challenge facing decision-makers.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Figures and tables

Foreword

Contributors

Part I Introduction to the issues

1 Institutional interplay and the governance of biosafety

2 Global biosafety governance: Emergence and evolution

Part II Institutional interplay and its application to biosafety and trade

3 Analysing biosafety and trade through the lens of institutional interplay

4 Overlapping regimes: The SPS Agreement and the Cartagena Biosafety Protocol

5 Disentangling the interaction between the Cartagena Protocol and the World Trade Organization

Part III Conclusion

6 Deriving insights from the case of the WTO and the Cartagena Protocol

Part IV Remembering Konrad von Moltke

7 The WTO as an environmental agency

8 Additional tributes to Konrad von Moltke

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

92-808-7117-X

OCLC:

226911786