Trade Policy Implications of Carbon Labels on Food

Shane Baddeley, Peter Cheng and Robert Wolfe

No 122740, Commissioned Papers from Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network

Abstract: Despite the presence of food miles labels and carbon labels on the market for many years, relatively little data is available on how consumers respond to these labels. It is one thing to show people saying in surveys they will use carbon labels, and quite another to have evidence of people actually using them. Carbon labels could be complicated to develop and implement fairly, with significant burdens on producers, especially in developing countries. If the only problem that a carbon label solves is relieving the bad conscience of rich western consumers, then they will be a disaster. Tackling climate change is too urgent to waste time and resources on anything that may prove to be a sideshow.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35
Date: 2011-10
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.122740

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