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International trade and health protection : a critical assessment of the WTO's SPS agreement / Tracey Epps.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Epps, Tracey, 1973-
- Series:
- Elgar international economic law.
- Elgar international economic law
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food adulteration and inspection--Law and legislation.
- Food adulteration and inspection.
- Plant inspection--Law and legislation.
- Plant inspection.
- Animals--Inspection--Law and legislation.
- Animals.
- Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (1995 January 1).
- Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (364 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examines and critiques the WTO's Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement), asking whether it strikes an appropriate balance between conflicting domestic health protection and trade liberalization objectives. This book includes an historical overview of disputes over trade and health since the 1800s.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: What's health got to do with it? The linkage between health and international trade; Chapter 3: Through the (historical) looking-glass: health and trade in context; Chapter 4: Looking to the future: forces of change; Chapter 5: Foundations of tension between health protection and trade liberalization; Chapter 6: Identifying tension: the 'difficult' (or 'amber') cases; Chapter 7: Resolving the tension: balancing trade and health objectives in the WTO; Chapter 8: Setting the standards: home or away?
- Chapter 9: Perception of risks: the role of public perceptionsChapter 10: Analysis of risk: the role of science; Chapter 11: A science-based approach; Chapter 12: The facts of health cases; Chapter 13: Analysis of the health cases; Chapter 14: Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-335) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-80143-7
- 9786611801434
- 1-84844-387-0
- OCLC:
- 437224519
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