Trade Impact of European Measures on GMOS Condemned by the WTO Panel

CEPII Working Paper No. 2009-16

30 Pages Posted: 15 Feb 2012

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Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano

Centro Studi Luca D'Agliano Torino; Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano

Lionel Gérard Fontagné

Banque de France; CEPII; University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne; Paris School of Economics

Date Written: July 10, 2009

Abstract

In May 2003, the United States, Canada and Argentina launched a World Trade Organization (WTO) case against the European Union concerning its authorization regime for biotech products. In November 2006, the WTO condemned this regime. Using a gravity equation, we estimate the reduction in exports of potentially affected products from the complainants to the European Union. Our results suggest that the European moratorium and product-specific measures have a negative effect on trade, as do safeguard measures adopted by Germany, Italy and Greece.

Keywords: GMOs, protection, WTO panels, environment

JEL Classification: F13, F18

Suggested Citation

Luca d'Agliano, Centro Studi and Fontagné, Lionel, Trade Impact of European Measures on GMOS Condemned by the WTO Panel (July 10, 2009). CEPII Working Paper No. 2009-16, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2004984 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2004984

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