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1007708
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b762078
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Globalization and the environment : : risk assessment and the WTO /\ edited by David Robertson and Aynsley Kellow.
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| Publication Statement
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Chelthenham, UK ;Northampton, MA :: Edward Elgar,, ©2001.
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1 online resource (xiii, 262 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1840645385
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: 1843762994
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: 9781840645385
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: 9781843762997
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| Notes
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Papers presented at a two-day meeting at the Melbourne Business School in Feb. 1999.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Accounting for risk in trade agreements / David Robertson -- Risk and the WTO -- Risk and the WTO / Gary P. Sampson -- Risk, the environment and MEAs / Neil Byron -- Risk management experience in WTO dispute settlement / Thomas Cottier -- Applying SPS in WTO disputes / Joost Pauwelyn -- Managing Risk in Policymaking -- Risk assessment and risk management in policymaking / Marion Woolridge -- Allowing for risk in setting standards / Michael J. Nunn -- Public perceptions, risk communication and biotechnology / Christine R. Deane -- Negotiating Experience with Risk -- Accounting for risk in multilateral negotiations / Aynsley Kellow -- Reducing chemical risks: OECD and lead / Kaye Dal Bon -- National Risks and Quarantine Standards -- National risk management and the SPS agreement / David Wilson, Digby Gascoine -- Risk and protection for grains: analysis and quarantine / Donald MacLaren -- A business view of quarantine / Lyall Howard -- Managing Biotechnology -- Government regulations and genetically-modified organisms / Nancy F. Millis -- GM foods and global trade / David Robertson -- Concluding Summary -- Trade and risk management: exploring the issues / Ian Holland, Aynsley Kellow.
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| Abstract
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The WTO has laid the foundations for a new era of trade relations, and increased trade liberalization has improved global efficiency in production and consumption. The strengthening of trade rules, however, has increased the scope for disputes over interpretations of more extensive and complicated agreements, and has spilt over into environmental and scientific matters. One of the unforeseen consequences of the WTO agreements has been controversy over risk. This study explores aspects of risk with special reference to the WTO, where national instruments to reduce risk may conflict with internat.
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World Trade Organization.
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World Trade Organization.
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Environmental policy, Congresses.
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Foreign trade regulation-- Environmental aspects, Congresses.
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Free trade-- Environmental aspects, Congresses.
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Globalization-- Environmental aspects, Congresses.
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International trade-- Environmental aspects, Congresses.
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Risk management, Congresses.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Environmental Economics.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Green Business.
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Environmental policy.
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Foreign trade regulation-- Environmental aspects.
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Free trade-- Environmental aspects.
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Globalization-- Environmental aspects.
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International trade-- Environmental aspects.
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NATURE-- Natural Resources.
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Risk management.
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| Dewey Classification
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333.7
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HF1713.G563 2001eb
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| Added Entry
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Kellow, Aynsley J., (Aynsley John),1951-
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Robertson, David,1935-
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