Agricultural Biotechnology and Transatlantic Trade

"The book makes a superb contribution to an often fractious and difficult debate, and it deserves to be widely read." Alan Matthews, European Review of Agricultural Economics, Volume 30."

• PART I: THE ISSUES 1: CHAPTER 1: Social Regulatory Barriers 1.1: Regulations: Instability and Market Access Barriers 1.2: International Integration 1.3: Social Regulatory Barriers: A Case Study 2: CHAPTER 2: Agricultural Biotechnology 2.1: Modern Biotechnology and Agricultural Crops 2.2: Agricultural Biotechnology: An Overview of Consumer Acceptance 2.3: Conclusions PART II: REGULATORY DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION 3: CHAPTER 3: Economic Interests 3.1: Regulatory Development 3.2: Regulatory Integration: The Traditional Trade Approach 3.3: Conclusions 4: CHAPTER 4: Social Interests 4.1: Regulatory Development and Integration 4.2: Social Regulatory Integration: Case Study of the Cartegena Protocol on Biosafety 4.3: Conclusions 5: CHAPTER 5: Regulatory Development and Integration 5.1: Regulating Technology: The Risk Analysis Framework 5.2: Principles of GM Crop Regulations 5.3: Regulatory Integration 5.4: Conclusions PART III: TRANSATLANTIC REGULATORY REGIONALISM 6: CHAPTER 6: North American Regulatory Approach 6.1: Introduction 6.2: Agricultural Biotechnology in the USA 6.3: Agricultural Biotechnology in Canada 6.4: North American Regulatory Integration 6.5: Conclusions 7: CHAPTER 7: European Regulatory Approach 7.1: Introduction 7.2: Agricultural Biotechnology in the European Union 7.3: Agricultural Biotechnology in the United Kingdom 7.4: EU - Member State Regulatory Integration 7.5: Conclusions PART IV: ANALYSIS 8: CHAPTER 8: Transatlantic Regulatory Integration 8.1: Trade Diplomacy at a Crossroads 8.2: Ideal Regulatory Framework 8.3: Conclusions and Implications