Volume 42 | Number 2 Spring 2007
The European Communities Biotech Dispute: How the WTO Fails to Consider Cultural Factors in the Genetically Modified Food Debate
Summary
- Introduction
- Introduction to Genetically Modified Foods
- Genetically Modified Foods
- Potential Risks and Benefits of Genetically Modified Foods
- Attitudes About Genetically Modified Foods
- United States
- Europe
- Case Discussion
- Overview
- Governing WTO Agreements and International Law
- The General Moratorium
- Specific-Product Moratoria
- Member State Bans
- The Opinion Fails to Consider Other Values
- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and the Distrust of Government Regulations
- The Precautionary Principle
- Food as a Distinct Cultural Value in Europe
- WTO Process Lacks the Institutional Capacity to Consider Non-Market Values
- Why Europeans Will Resist
- General Resistance to WTO Cultural Domination
- European Resistance to WTO Cultural Domination
Footnotes
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