Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Law
Remarks On Genetically Modified Foods And International Regulation, Jean Halloran
Remarks On Genetically Modified Foods And International Regulation, Jean Halloran
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
I will try and be brief since everybody has heard from me already. I’m just going to talk about something which probably none of you have heard of. Ten or twenty years ago, people had really not heard of it but after GATT, the general arrangements for tariffs and trade, it acquired special status, which was that if you are using a food safety standard in which you can develop byproducts, then it is assumed that your standard is a legitimate one and you cannot be challenged by the World Trade Organization on that standard.
Remarks On Genetically Modified Foods And International Regulation, Tony Van Der Haegen
Remarks On Genetically Modified Foods And International Regulation, Tony Van Der Haegen
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Thank you. I certainly don’t want to interfere in the American debate about labeling, since I have already enough problems with European consumers, but what I would like to do today is not only to talk about our legislation a bit, because it’s so detailed and complex, but also to talk about the European/ American trade relations, in particular as it relates to biotechnology. First of all, I would like to say there is a strong trans-Atlantic relationship as far as trade is concerned between the EU and the U.S. We have to realize that we have a trade level …