When cooperation fails : the international law and politics of genetically modified foods /

The transatlantic dispute over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has brought into conflict the United States and the European Union, two long-time allies and economically interdependent democracies with a long record of successful cooperation. Yet the dispute - pitting a largely acceptant US aga...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pollack, Mark A., 1966-
Other Authors:	Shaffer, Gregory C., 1958-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Genetically modified foods > Law and legislation. Genetically modified foods > Law and legislation > European Union countries. Genetically modified foods > Law and legislation > United States. LAW > Health. Genetically modified foods > Law and legislation European Union countries United States Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction and overview : biotechnology, risk regulation, and the failure of cooperation
The domestic sources of the conflict : why the US and EU biotech regulatory regimes differ
The promise and failure of transatlantic regulatory cooperation through networks
Deliberation or bargaining? : distributive conflict and the fragmented international regime complex
WTO dispute settlement meets GMOS : who decides?
US and EU policies since 2000 : change, continuity and (lack of) convergence
Conclusions : the lessons of transatlantic conflict, developing countries and the future of agricultural biotechnology.