Contents

pp v-vi

List of tables, figures and boxes

pp vii-ix

Acronyms

pp x-x

Preface

pp xi-xi

List of contributors

pp xii-xvi

1 - Introduction

pp 1-6

PART I - The multilateral rules under WTO

pp 7-8

2 - The integration of economics into SPS risk management policies: issues and challenges

pp 9-28

3 - The analytical foundation of quarantine risk analysis

pp 29-52

4 - The WTO dispute settlement framework and operation

pp 53-74

5 - Implications of recent SPS dispute settlement cases

pp 75-102

PART II - The ‘appropriate level of protection’

pp 103-104

6 - Appropriate level of protection: a European perspective

pp 105-131

7 - Appropriate level of protection: an Australian perspective

pp 132-140

8 - Appropriate level of protection: a New Zealand perspective

pp 141-163

9 - Beyond iso-risk to include benefits under the SPS Agreement

pp 164-173

10 - Integrating import risk and trade benefit analysis

pp 174-180

PART III - Adding more economics to risk analysis

pp 181-182

11 - Least trade-restrictive SPS policies: an analytic framework is there but questions remain

pp 183-215

12 - Quarantine decision making in Australia

pp 216-239

13 - Quarantine reform: Australia's recent experience

pp 240-264

14 - Evaluating economic consequences of livestock diseases: a US perspective

pp 265-284

PART IV - Specific health and environmental risks from trade

pp 285-286

15 - Measuring the effect of food safety standards on African exports to Europe

pp 287-304

16 - GMOs, the SPS Agreement and the WTO

pp 305-331

17 - Food safety policy in the WTO era

pp 332-352

18 - Environmental risk evaluation in quarantine decision making

pp 353-384

PART V - Conclusion

pp 385-386

19 - Summing up

pp 387-396