Global trade and food safety
Subtitle: winners and losers in a fragmented system
By: John S. Wilson, Tsunehiro Otsuki.
Contributors: Otsuki, Tsunehiro.; World Bank. Development Research Group. Trade.
Series: Policy research working paper ;; 2689; Policy research working papers (Online) ;; 2689
Publisher: World Bank, Development Research Group, Trade
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Food -- Safety measures -- Developing countries; Exports -- Developing countries; Trade regulation -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries; Developing countries -- Commerce
Description: How food safety is addressed in the world trade system is critical for developing countries that continue to rely on agricultural exports. An analysis shows that adopting a worldwide standard of a toxin affecting nuts and grains could increase trade in these commodities by $38 billion compaired with levels under today's widely divergent national standards.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 21-23).
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"October 2001."
Also available in print.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.