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Book SynopsisThere is currently great concern among the public in general, and consumers in particular, about the quality of the environment in relation to agriculture. Such concerns focus on issues such as pollution from agriculture, the quality of landscapes, animal welfare and food safety. As a result, many countries have developed a range of standards, codes of good practice and other policy measures.This book reviews these issues and relates them to agricultural trade and competition. Features include chapters on world trade and trade liberalisation as well as individual chapters on the situation in the European Union, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and developing countries.
Table of Contents1: Introduction, Floor Brouwer and David E Ervin Part I: Emerging Issues on Agricultural Trade and Environment 2: Agricultural Policies and Trade Liberalisation, Huib Silvis and Cindy van Rijswick, Agricultural Economics Research Institute, The Netherlands 3: World Trade and Concerns for the Human Environment, W Bradnee Chambers, The United Nations University, Japan Part II: Public Concerns and the Regulation of Agricultural Production 4: European Union, Floor Brouwer, Janet Dwyer and David Baldock, Institute for European Environmental Policy, UK 5: USA, Chantal Line Carpentier, North American Commission on Environmental Cooperation, Canada and David E Ervin 6: Canada, Glenn Fox and Jennifer Kidon, University of Guelph, Canada 7: Australia, Randy Stringer and Kym Anderson, University of Adelaide, Australia 8: New Zealand, Anton D Meister, Massey University, New Zealand 9: Environmental and Human-health Standards influencing Competitiveness, Floor Brouwer and David E Ervin Part III: Public Concerns and the Regulation of World Trade 10: Environmental Standards in Developing Countries, Ulrike Grote, Technological Change of the Center for Development Research (ZEF), Germany 11: Public Concerns and Consumer Behaviour in Japan, Theo H Jonke, Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI), The Netherlands and Ikuo Takahashi, Keio University, Japan 12: Evaluating Environmental Trade Disputes in the Post-Seattle World, Glenn Fox
