Comparative Advantage in Demand: Experimental Evidence of Preferences for Genetically Modified Food in the United States and European Union

2006 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayson L. Lusk ◽  
W. Bruce Traill ◽  
Lisa O. House ◽  
Carlotta Valli ◽  
Sara R. Jaeger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
European Union ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Genetically Modified ◽  
The United States ◽  
Genetically Modified Food

Comparison on the Legal Management on Genetically Modified Food between the Europe and the US and China‘s Legal Reform

2013 ◽  
Vol 781-784 ◽  
pp. 1341-1346
Author(s):  
Ren Yuan Li
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
European Union ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Genetically Modified ◽  
Legal Reform ◽  
The United States ◽  
Genetically Modified Food ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Legal Regime ◽  
The Us

The European Union and the United States have imposed different legal management on the genetically modified food. There are some disadvantages in the legal regime of China concerning the management of GMF which make the regal reform on the issue of GMF become necessary. To ensure food safety, China should take the legal regime of EU as reference and raise its standards for the market access of the GMF. The requirements of traceability and labeling for GMF should also be included in law. A centralized governmental department responsible for the issues of GMF should also be established.

Regulating genetically modified food: Policy trajectories, political culture, and risk perceptions in the U.S., Canada, and EU

2010 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton E. Wohlers
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
European Union ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Food Policy ◽  
Genetically Modified ◽  
The United States ◽  
Genetically Modified Food ◽  
Regulatory Policies ◽  
National Differences

This paper examines whether national differences in political culture add an explanatory dimension to the formulation of policy in the area of biotechnology, especially with respect to genetically modified food. The analysis links the formulation of protective regulatory policies governing genetically modified food to both country and region-specific differences in uncertainty tolerance levels and risk perceptions in the United States, Canada, and European Union. Based on polling data and document analysis, the findings illustrate that these differences matter. Following a mostly opportunistic risk perception within an environment of high tolerance for uncertainty, policymakers in the United States and Canada modified existing regulatory frameworks that govern genetically modified food in their respective countries. In contrast, the mostly cautious perception of new food technologies and low tolerance for uncertainty among European Union member states has contributed to the creation of elaborate and stringent regulatory policies governing genetically modified food.

scholarly journals Labeling of genetically modified food: Closer to reality in the United States?

2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton E. Wohlers
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Genetically Modified ◽  
The United States ◽  
Food Labeling ◽  
Genetically Modified Food ◽  
Policy Debate ◽  
Gm Food ◽  
Regulatory Changes ◽  
Gm Animals ◽  
Near Future

Within the broader context of several related biotech developments, including the proliferation of GM food in American grocery stories, the recent decision by Whole Foods Market, Inc. to require the labeling of all genetically modified (GM) organism products sold in its stores by 2018, and the development of GM animals for consumption, this essay asks whether the United States is inching towards a policy of mandatory GM food labeling. The analysis highlights aspects of the biotechnology policy debate in the United States and European Union, and traces public opinion as well as grassroots and legislative efforts aimed at GM food labeling. Findings show that activities at the federal level do not suggest any major regulatory changes regarding labeling in the near future; however, a growing number of individual states are considering GM food labeling legislation and political momentum in favor of labeling has picked up in recent years. Voluntary labeling by food companies may also become increasingly common.

Research on Safety Hazard Control of Genetically Modified Organisms Based on Compensation Laws

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chensong Fei
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
European Union ◽  
Genetically Modified Organisms ◽  
Genetically Modified ◽  
The United States ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Safety Hazards ◽  
Safety Hazard ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Hazard Control

In this paper, we firstly analyzed the categories and characteristics of safety hazards of genetically modified organisms. Then, we summarized and compared the laws on safety hazard compensation for genetically modified organisms in the United States, the European Union and China. Finally, suggestions were put forward to solve the existing problems in compensation laws in China so as to ensure the healthy and orderly development of China's genetically modified biological industry. 

Political Transfer and “Trading Up”?: Transatlantic Trade in Genetically Modified Food and U.S. Politics

2003 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 457-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alasdair R. Young
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
Genetically Modified ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Mobilization ◽  
Genetically Modified Food ◽  
Trade Dispute ◽  
Political Concern ◽  
Transatlantic Trade ◽  
Domestic Regulation

Although there is a popular perception that trade liberalization undermines domestic regulation, under certain circumstances international trade can provide a catalyst for making domestic regulations more stringent. This article makes a case extending the applicability of the so-called trading-up thesis by finding evidence of change within the United States in response to the transatlantic trade dispute over genetically modified food. In particular, it argues that political transfer—the transfer of political concern from one jurisdiction to political mobilization in another—can prompt policy change even in the absence of the adoption of foreign standards by domestic firms.

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