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The Accession of Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine to the WTO: What will it Mean for the World Trade in Wheat?

Burkitbayeva, Saule; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2013

2050.The KRU (Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine) countries account for approximately a quarter of world wheat exports and are … collectively considered one of the key wheat exporting regions. The Ukraine became a member of the WTO only in 2008. Russia became … an official member of the WTO in 2012 and Kazakhstan is expected to follow Russia and reach an accession deal with WTO …

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Post-Moratorium EU Regulation of Genetically Modified Products: Triffid Flax

Viju, Crina; Yeung, May T.; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2011

Until there is a successful challenge at the WTO, the EU policy on LLP is likely to remain in place. Under this policy, there is a zero tolerance level for GM material that has not received EU authorization. Zero tolerance, however, has to be operationalized – what does an exporting country...

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Geograpical Indications, Barriers to Market Access and Preferential Trade Agreements

Viju, Crina; Yeung, May T.; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2012

Public policy makers in Canada should expect the US to object to the extension of protection to EU GIs in the CETA. The expected gains made in other areas of the CETA for agreeing to protect EU GIs need to be weighed carefully against the potential cost of trade actions through NAFTA. The NAFTA...

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Was Food Safety Declining?: Assessing the Justification for the US Food Safety Modernisation Act

Nakuja, Tekuni; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2013

Food safety regulations limit trade in bioproducts. Every country, however, has a duty to protect its citizens from food safety hazards. If risks are increasing under an existing food safety system then a strengthening of the regulatory regime can be justified, with the inevitable negative...

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Post-Moratorium EU Regulation of Generically Modified Products: Trade Concerns

Viju, Crina; Yeung, May T.; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2011

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Post-Moratorium EU Regulation of Genetically Modified Products: Trade Concerns

Viju, Crina; Yeung, May T.; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2011

Trade in genetically modified (GM) products remains a major issue in agricultural trade policy. In particular, the European Union has sought to deny market access to GM-products. In the wake of a WTO case brought by Canada and the US, among others, against an import ban imposed on genetically...

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Post-Moratorium EU Regulation of Genetically Modified Products: Triffid Flax

Viju, Crina; Yeung, May T.; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2011

The regulatory regime for contamination permits the imposition of import bans with neither a scientific justification nor a risk assessment. No scientific assessment of Triffid flax was done prior to the import ban. The import regime put in place to deal with the contamination of flax with the...

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The New Food Safety Regime in the US: How Will it Affect Canadian Competitiveness

Nakuja, Tekuni; Akhand, M.; Hobbs, Jill E.; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2011

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) which was signed into law in January, 2011 represents a major initiative to improve food safety in the US. The legislation mandates the US Food and Drug Administration with developing a regulatory system to implement the Act. As yet, the full effect of...

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Challenging US Country of Origin Labelling at the World Trade Organization: The Law, The Issues and The Evidence

Sawka, Alison L.; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2010

Canada and Mexico are formally challenging US country of origin (COOL) legislation at the World Trade Organization. The industries most affected by COOL are beef and pork. The effect of COOL on North American cross border supply chains is outlined. The areas of international trade law upon which...

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Reforming WTO Rules on Export Restrictions - Is There Any Point?

Cardwell, Ryan T.; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2013

A number of major agricultural exporting countries responded to high food prices from 2007 to 2010 by imposing export restrictions on agricultural commodities in efforts to constrain domestic food-price inflation. These restrictions reduced the volume of internationally traded food, and...

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