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Worlds apart on GMOs—Can trade agreements bridge the gap?

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dc.contributor.authorKerr, William A.
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-08T18:47:32Z
dc.date.available2017-06-08T18:47:32Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractDivergent regulation of GE commodities on the world market leads to trade barriers and reduces trade flow. Rules regulating international trade of GE crops do not exist, even though there is a long history of actions taken by the World Trade Organization to establish paths forward to address trade barriers in the global marketplace for GE crops. Political realities in some countries, especially those with strong anti-GE agendas, are supplanting science as the primary basis for domestic policies and trade rules. Furthermore, the ever-increasing worldwide presence of GE crops in the global marketplace becomes more problematic in light of zero tolerance policies for adventitious presence of GE materials in shipments of non-GE crops. Harmonization of trade standards among different countries could resolve current policies that result in trade barriers; however, harmonization requires establishing mutually acceptable regulatory frameworks for trade in GE crops that exceed the scope of trade negotiations.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/51463
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNABC
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectAgricultural biotechnology
dc.subjectsustainability
dc.subjectstewardship
dc.subjectgenetical engineering
dc.subjectGMO
dc.subjectGE crops
dc.subjectresistance
dc.subjectresistance management
dc.subjectcoexistence
dc.subjectseed industry
dc.subjectlabeling
dc.subjectinsect resistance
dc.titleWorlds apart on GMOs—Can trade agreements bridge the gap?
dc.typebook chapter

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NABC Report 27: Stewardship for the Sustainability of Genetically Engineered Crops: The Way Forward in Pest Management, Coexistence, and Trade