Global Trade in GM Food and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: Consequences for China
Author(s)
Xue, Dayuan; Tisdell, Clem
Abstract
The UN Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety adopted in Montreal, 29 January, 2000 and opened for signature in Nairobi, 15-26 May, 2000 will exert a profound effect on international trade in genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and their products. In this paper, the potential effects of various articles of the Protocol on international trade in GMOs are analyzed.