Addresses the interface between the law of international agricultural trade, the emerging legal and economic order for agricultural trade under the auspices of the WTO, and its impact on agricultural policy reform both in the European Union and the USA.
The Uruguay Round Agreement on agriculture and domestic support; farm subsidies and agricultural trade policy - the case of US support programmes; TRIPS and the protection of intellectual property in biotechnology in the United States; TRIPS, biotechnology and the public domain - what role will world trade law play?; regulating GM products in the EU - risk, precaution and international trade; international trade in genetically altered agricultural products - impact of the bio-safety protocol; environmental policy and reform of European agricultural law; reforming United States environmental regulations for agriculture - impediments and opportunities. (Part contents.)