Trade Impact of European Measures on GMOs Condemned by the WTO Panel

Anne-Célia Disdier () and Lionel Fontagné ()

No 44392, 2008 International Congress, August 26-29, 2008, Ghent, Belgium from European Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: In May 2003, the United States, Canada and Argentina launched a World Trade Organization (WTO) case against the European Union concerning its authorization regime for biotech products. In November 2006, the WTO condemned this regime. Using a gravity equation, we estimate the reduction of exports from the complainants to the European Union for potentially affected products. Our results suggest that the European moratorium and product-specific measures have a negative effect on trade, as well as safeguard measures adopted by Germany, Italy and Greece.

Keywords: Genetically modified organisms; WTO dispute settlement; gravity equation; International Relations/Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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