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| Titel: |
EU-US Trade Disputes about Risk Regulation: The Case of Genetically Modified Organisms |
| Auteur: |
Scherzberg, Arno |
| Verschenen in: |
Cambridge review of international affairs |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 19 (2006) nr. 1 pagina's 121-137 |
| Jaar: |
2006-03 |
| Inhoud: |
The cultivation of crops increasingly employs genetically modified organisms worldwide. The nature and the probability of side and latent effects of the mass use of genetic engineering are, at present, unforeseeable. A trade-off between risks and benefits is therefore hard to define. The precautionary principle is a globally known though not undisputed approach to handling such uncertainties. Its application is the focus of a World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute settlement case between the US and the EU about the approval of genetically modified seed in Europe. The competent Panel (Panel in European Communities - Measures Affecting the Approval and Marketing of Biotech Products, WT/DS291, WT/DS292 and WT/DS293) was scheduled to close the case at the end of 2005. I argue that the dispute is not about the recognition of the precautionary principle in itself, but about different cultural preferences of dealing with risk, leading to disagreement over how the precautionary principle should apply in practice. I suggest that the WTO ought to respect the cultural foundation of risk perception and integrate it into its legal system. |
| Uitgever: |
Routledge |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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