Incentives, or Not, for Governments to Remove Asynchronous MRLs as Trade Barriers

May Yeung, William Kerr, Blair Coomber (), Matthew Lantz () and Alyse McConnell ()
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Alyse McConnell: Bryant Christie Inc.

Chapter Chapter 3 in Declining International Cooperation on Pesticide Regulation, 2017, pp 19-26 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract WhileAsynchronous there are good economic and Food security food security reasons to pursue international Harmonization harmonization of MRLs, there are Constraints constraints on how it can be achieved. Both Policy makers policy makers and those charged with implementing harmonization face Incentives incentives that do not align with the need to eliminate asynchronous MRL Regulatory regimes regulatory regimes across countries. Progress in harmonization of MRLs has, as a result, proved to be elusive.

Keywords: International trade; Non-tariff barriers; Disincentives; Consumer confidence; Incentives; Standards; Domestic political factors; Regulators; Officials; Agencies; Risk communication (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-60552-4_3

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