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Author Bernauer, Thomas.

Title Genes, trade, and regulation : the seeds of conflict in food biotechnology / Thomas Bernauer.

Publication Info. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2003.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  338.4766 B524G    Check Shelf
Description viii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-224) and index.
Contents Introduction and Summary -- Challenges -- Polarization -- Interest Group Politics -- Regulatory Federalism -- International Trade Conflict -- Coping with Diversity.
Summary "This book provides novel and thought-provoking insights into the fundamental policy issues involved in agricultural biotechnology. Thomas Bernauer explains global regulatory polarization and trade conflict in this area. He then evaluates cooperative and unilateral policy tools for coping with trade tensions. Arguing that the tools used thus far have been and will continue to be ineffective he concludes that the risk of a full-blown trade conflict is high and may lead to reduced investment and the stagnation or even the decline of the technology. Bernauer concludes with suggestions for policy reforms to halt this trajectory - recommendations that strike a sensible balance between public-safety concerns and private economic freedom - so that food biotechnology is given a fair chance to prove its environmental, health humanitarian, and economic benefits." "This book will equip companies, farmers, regulators, NGOs academics, students, and the interested public - including both advocates and critics of green biotechnology - with a deeper understanding of the political, economic, and societal factors shaping the future of one of the most revolutionary technologies of our times."--Jacket.
Subject Food industry and trade -- Government policy -- United States.
Biotechnology industries -- Government policy -- United States.
Genetic engineering industry -- Government policy -- United States.
Agricultural biotechnology -- Government policy -- United States.
Food industry and trade -- Technological innovations -- United States.
Food -- Labeling -- Government policy -- United States.
Genetic engineering industries -- Government policy -- United States.
Agricultural biotechnology -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst00800506
Biotechnology industries -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst00832800
Food industry and trade -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst00930886
Food industry and trade -- Technological innovations. (OCoLC)fst00930944
Food -- Labeling -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst00930526
Genetic engineering industry -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst00940064
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Handelspolitiek.
Landbouwproducten.
Biotechnologie.
Genetische manipulatie.
Levensmiddelen.
Regelgeving.
Europese Unie.
Lebensmitteltechnologie.
Biotechnologie.
Kontrolle.
United States.
Europäische Union.
ISBN 0691113483
9780691113487
0691170894 (paperback)
9780691170893 (paperback)
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