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The WTO has laid the foundations for a new era of trade relations, and increased trade liberalization has improved global efficiency in production and consumption. The strengthening of trade rules, however, has increased the scope for disputes over interpretations of more extensive and complicated agreements, and has spilt over into environmental and scientific matters. One of the unforseen consequences of the WTO agreements has been controversy over risk. This study explores aspects of risk with special reference to the WTO, where national instruments to reduce risk may conflict with international trade rules.

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'There are two good reasons to read Robertson and Kellow's book on the WTO. First, the book offers a unique opportunity to get an inside, to learn how the WTO itself conceives of its role in environmental matters and of the criticism put forward by the anti-globalization movement. Secondly, individual chapters in the book extensively deal with topics relevant to international environmental negotiations from a WTO perspective: the role of risk in multi-lateral environmental agreements, risk communication and biotechnology, and GM food and global trade.' -- Hein-Anton van der Heijden, Environment Politics 'As becomes clearer each day, the new global trade regime of the WTO is radically different in fundamental respects from its predecessor, the GATT. This book presents a most intriguing and innovative perspective on a cross-cutting issue of increasing importance: risk assessment. How will risk assessment and risk management affect the evolution of the multilateral rules-based system? Read this book and start thinking about it.' -- Sylvia Ostry, University of Toronto and Munk Centre for International Studies, Canada

`There are two good reasons to read Robertson and Kellow's book on the WTO. First, the book offers a unique opportunity to get an inside, to learn how the WTO itself conceives of its role in environmental matters and of the criticism put forward by the anti-globalization movement. Secondly, individual chapters in the book extensively deal with topics relevant to international environmental negotiations from a WTO perspective: the role of risk in multi-lateral environmental agreements, risk communication and biotechnology, and GM food and global trade.' -- Hein-Anton van der Heijden, Environment Politics `As becomes clearer each day, the new global trade regime of the WTO is radically different in fundamental respects from its predecessor, the GATT. This book presents a most intriguing and innovative perspective on a cross-cutting issue of increasing importance: risk assessment. How will risk assessment and risk management affect the evolution of the multilateral rules-based system? Read this book and start thinking about it.' -- Sylvia Ostry, University of Toronto and Munk Centre for International Studies, Canada

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Edited by the late David Robertson, formerly University of Melbourne and Aynsley Kellow, Professor Emeritus of Government, University of Tasmania, Australia

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