Agriculture has been the unruly horse of the GATT/WTO system for a long time and efforts to halter it are still ongoing. This Research Handbook focuses on aspects of agricultural production and trade policy that are recognized for their importance but are often kept out of the limelight, such as the implication of national and international agricultural production and trade policies on national food security, global climate change, and biotechnology. It provides a summary of the state of the WTO agriculture negotiations as well as the relevant jurisprudence, but also, and uniquely, it focuses on the new and emerging issues of agricultural trade law and policy that are rarely addressed in the existing literature.

With contributions from a multi-disciplinary team of leading analysts from around the world, this Research Handbook will appeal to trade negotiators, international trade law and policy academics as well as postgraduate students in the field.

Contributors include: K. Anderson, D. Blandford, M. Cardwell, I. Carreno, M.G. Desta, G. Dutfield, C. Haberli, L.A. Jackson, T. Josling, E. Laurenza, A. Matthews, J.A. McMahon, F. Smith, S. Switzer

About the Author
Edited by Joseph A. McMahon, Full Professor of Commercial Law, University College Dublin, Ireland and Melaku Geboye Desta, Professor of International Economic Law, De Montfort University, UK

Reviews
'A particular strength of this collection is the multidisciplinary perspective which is brought to bear on international agricultural trade law. It provides a valuable resource for scholars and policymakers in this critical area.'
--Michael Blakeney, International Trade Law and Regulation

'The range of topics covered in this volume is multi-faceted and various. . . Practitioners with clients involved in agri-business will be particularly interested in the broad spectrum of matters discussed, as will trade negotiators, policy advisors and graduate students in this vital and fascinating field.'
--Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, The Barrister Magazine

Book Information
ISBN 9781781005378
Author Joseph A. McMahon
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd