Agricultural trade : sanitary, phytosanitary and technical barriers / Rowan Stroud, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stroud, Rowan, editor.

Series:

Agriculture issues and policies.

Agriculture Issues and Policies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Produce trade--Economic aspects.

Produce trade.

Agriculture--Economic aspects.

Agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures are the laws, rules, standards, and procedures that governments employ to protect humans, animals, and plants from diseases, pests, toxins, and other contaminants. Examples include meat and poultry processing standards to reduce pathogens, residue limits for pesticides in foods, and regulation of agricultural biotechnology. Technical barriers to trade (TBT) cover technical regulations, product standards, environmental regulations, and voluntary procedures relating to human health and animal welfare. Examples include trademarks and patents, labeling and

Contents:

""AGRICULTURAL TRADE: SANITARY, PHYTOSANITARY AND TECHNICAL BARRIERS""; ""AGRICULTURAL TRADE: SANITARY, PHYTOSANITARY AND TECHNICAL BARRIERS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY (SPS)AND RELATED NON-TARIFF BARRIERS TO AGRICULTURAL TRADE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""SPS/TBT MEASURES AND INTERNATIONAL""; ""INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SETTING ORGANIZATIONS""; ""APPLICATION AND USE OF “PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE�""; ""SPS/TBT TRADE CONCERNS RAISED AT THE WTO""; ""POTENTIAL EFFECTS ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL TRADE""

""U.S. STRATEGY FOR ADDRESSING SPS/TBT CONCERNS""""CONSIDERATIONS FOR CONGRESS""; ""APPENDIX A. USTR-REPORTED CONCERNS INVOLVING SPS/TBT MEASURES, 2013""; ""APPENDIX B. KEY PRINCIPLES AND PROVISIONS OF THE SPS AGREEMENT""; ""APPENDIX C. KEY PRINCIPLES AND PROVISIONS OF THE TBT AGREEMENT""; ""Chapter 2: THE U.S.-EU BEEF HORMONE DISPUTE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""HORMONE DISPUTE IN THE WTO""; ""TRADE EFFECTS FOR SELECTED PRODUCTS""; ""CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST""; ""APPENDIX A. INITIAL RETALIATION LIST (JULY 1999)""; ""APPENDIX B. REVISED RETALIATION LIST (JANUARY 2009)""

""APPENDIX C. “REDUCED� PRODUCT LIST (MARCH 2009)""""APPENDIX D. CHRONOLOGY OF THE U.S.-EU BEEF HORMONE DISPUTE""; ""Chapter 3: U.S.-EU POULTRY DISPUTE ON THE USE OF PATHOGEN REDUCTION TREATMENTS (PRTS)""; ""SUMMARY""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""U.S.-EU POULTRY TRADE""; ""EU PROHIBITIONS ON USE OF PRTS""; ""U.S. FILING WITH WTO""; ""CURRENT STATUS AND ISSUES""; ""Chapter 4: COUNTRY-OF-ORIGIN LABELING FOR FOODS AND THE WTO TRADE DISPUTE ON MEAT LABELING""; ""SUMMARY""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""KEY PROVISIONS OF COOL""; ""ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT AND AUDITS""; ""COOL CHALLENGED BY CANADA AND MEXICO IN WTO""

""WTO FINDINGS""""OPTIONS TO BRING COOL INTO COMPLIANCE""; ""USDA�S FINAL COOL RULE""; ""CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST""; ""APPENDIX A. OTHER LAWS WITH FOOD LABELING PROVISIONS""; ""APPENDIX B. TIMELINE OF COOL""; ""APPENDIX C. NORTH AMERICAN LIVESTOCK TRADE""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 20, 2014).

ISBN:

1-63321-901-1

OCLC:

916949178