This chapter argues that the dynamics involved in trade negotiation within the knowledge economy originate from the cultural and economic interests in regional biological resources and their associated (traditional) knowledge. Because of the public good nature of assets in the knowledge-based...

This book arises from a joint research project between the Food and Resource Economics Institute in Denmark and the Food Policy Research Institute in Washington. It analyses the effects of developed countries' agricultural policies on developing countries. The main focus is on food security,...

This book addresses the interface between the law of international trade as it relates to agriculture, the emerging legal and economic order for agricultural trade under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO), and their impact on agricultural policy reform in the EU and the USA. The...

This chapter considers the impact of World Trade Organization agreements and negotiations on agricultural policy reform in the EU and the USA. The United States Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 and the Mid-term Review of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy are discussed. Issues under...

This chapter examines the intellectual-property rights of relevance to agricultural biotechnology: patents and sui generis rights in plant varieties, and how these rights are dealt with in the Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). The first part of the chapter...