Thomas Bernauer is Professor of Political Science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) and a widely published author on international economic and environmental issues.

Winner of the 2005 Don K. Price Award, Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science Association "[An] important and definitive book on agricultural biotechnology and the deepening trade dispute between the United States and the European Union... Bernauer has done a first-rate job of exploring this contentious trade issue in an understandable way."--Dennis Pirages, Perspectives in Political Science "Bernauer's book is the best single reference currently available treating the regulatory struggle surrounding GE (genetically engineered) foods and food crops... Bernauer does not just skim the surface; with remarkable stamina and a sure analytical touch he lays the details of each issue carefully and thoroughly before readers. At a moment when polemics dominate most discussions of GE food policy, the Bernauer volume has arrived just in time."--Robert Paarlberg, Quarterly Review of Biology

• Preface vii Chapter One: Introduction and Summary 1 Chapter Two: Challenges 22 Chapter Three: Polarization 44 Chapter Four: Interest Group Politics 66 Chapter Five: Regulatory Federalism 102 Chapter Six: International Trade Conflict 118 Chapter Seven: Coping with Diversity 168 Notes 185 References 213 Index 225

Thomas Bernauer is Professor of Political Science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) and a widely published author on international economic and environmental issues.

Winner of the 2005 Don K. Price Award, Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science Association "[An] important and definitive book on agricultural biotechnology and the deepening trade dispute between the United States and the European Union... Bernauer has done a first-rate job of exploring this contentious trade issue in an understandable way."--Dennis Pirages, Perspectives in Political Science "Bernauer's book is the best single reference currently available treating the regulatory struggle surrounding GE (genetically engineered) foods and food crops... Bernauer does not just skim the surface; with remarkable stamina and a sure analytical touch he lays the details of each issue carefully and thoroughly before readers. At a moment when polemics dominate most discussions of GE food policy, the Bernauer volume has arrived just in time."--Robert Paarlberg, Quarterly Review of Biology

• Preface vii Chapter One: Introduction and Summary 1 Chapter Two: Challenges 22 Chapter Three: Polarization 44 Chapter Four: Interest Group Politics 66 Chapter Five: Regulatory Federalism 102 Chapter Six: International Trade Conflict 118 Chapter Seven: Coping with Diversity 168 Notes 185 References 213 Index 225