Research handbook on the WTO agriculture agreement : new and emerging issues in international agricultural trade law / edited by Joseph A. McMahon, Melaku Geboye Desta.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McMahon, Joseph A., 1960-

Geboye Desta, Melaku.

Series:

Research handbooks on the WTO.

Research handbooks on the WTO

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural laws and legislation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Agricultural laws and legislation.

International trade.

International law.

World Trade Organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham [England] : Edward Elgar Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Agriculture has been the unruly horse of the GATT/WTO system for a long time and efforts to halter it are still ongoing. This Research Handbook focuses on aspects of agricultural production and trade policy that are recognized for their importance but are often kept out of the limelight, such as the implication of national and international agricultural production and trade policies on national food security, global climate change, and biotechnology. It provides a summary of the state of the WTO agriculture negotiations as well as the relevant jurisprudence, but also, and uniquely, it focuses

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. The Agreement on Agriculture: setting the scene; 2. Food security and international agricultural trade regulation: old problems, new perspectives; 3. Do WTO rules improve or impair the right to food?; 4. The impact of WTO agricultural trade rules on food security and development: an examination of proposed additional flexibilities for developing countries; 5. Plant intellectual property, food security and human development: institutional and legal considerations, and the need for reform

6. GMOs: trade and welfare impacts of current policies and prospects for reform7. Addressing the solution of SPS and TBT matters through trade negotiations; 8. Private standards and trade; 9. Climate change policies for agriculture and WTO agreements; 10. Biofuels, food security and the WTO Agreement on Agriculture; 11. Stretching the boundaries of multifunctionality? An evolving Common Agricultural Policy within the world trade legal order; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-49305-4

9786613588289

1-78100-123-5

OCLC:

779828514