 Interactions Between Trade Policies and GM Food RegulationsChapter Chapter 7 in Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Economics and Policy, 2006, pp 125-143 from Springer Abstract: Abstract Agricultural biotechnologies, and especially transgenic crops, have the potential to offer higher incomes to biotech firms and farmers, and lower-priced and better quality food for consumers. However, the welfare effects of adoption of genetically modified (GM) food and feed crop varieties are being affected not only by some countries’ strict regulations governing GM food production and consumption, but also by their choice of food trade policy instruments. Specifically, notwithstanding the ending of the European Union’s GM moratorium in April 2004, the continuing use by the EU of strict labeling and liability laws and of variable trade taxes-cum-subsidies and tariff rate quotas is reducing the aggregate gains from new biotechnologies and the incentive for EU taxpayers and for life science companies to support GM food research. The use of variable levies and prohibitive out-of-quota MFN tariffs in particular is yet another reason to push for an ambitious outcome from the WTO’s Doha Round of agricultural trade negotiations. Keywords: agricultural biotechnology; trade policy; regulation of GM foods (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:nrmchp:978-0-387-36953-2_7 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-36953-2_7 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Natural Resource Management and Policy from Springer |
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