There is currently great concern about the quality of the environment in relation to agriculture. This book reviews these issues and relates them to agricultural trade and competition. Features include chapters on world trade and trade liberalisation as well as individual chapters on the situation in the developed and developing countries.

1: Introduction, Floor Brouwer and David E Ervin Part I: Emerging Issues on Agricultural Trade and Environment 2: Agricultural Policies and Trade Liberalisation, Huib Silvis and Cindy van Rijswick, Agricultural Economics Research Institute, The Netherlands 3: World Trade and Concerns for the Human Environment, W Bradnee Chambers, The United Nations University, Japan Part II: Public Concerns and the Regulation of Agricultural Production 4: European Union, Floor Brouwer, Janet Dwyer and David Baldock, Institute for European Environmental Policy, UK 5: USA, Chantal Line Carpentier, North American Commission on Environmental Cooperation, Canada and David E Ervin 6: Canada, Glenn Fox and Jennifer Kidon, University of Guelph, Canada 7: Australia, Randy Stringer and Kym Anderson, University of Adelaide, Australia 8: New Zealand, Anton D Meister, Massey University, New Zealand 9: Environmental and Human-health Standards influencing Competitiveness, Floor Brouwer and David E Ervin Part III: Public Concerns and the Regulation of World Trade 10: Environmental Standards in Developing Countries, Ulrike Grote, Technological Change of the Center for Development Research (ZEF), Germany 11: Public Concerns and Consumer Behaviour in Japan, Theo H Jonke, Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI), The Netherlands and Ikuo Takahashi, Keio University, Japan 12: Evaluating Environmental Trade Disputes in the Post-Seattle World, Glenn Fox

"I strongly recommend [this book] as an important, timely and welcome contribution to this debate." Scott Vaughan, Commission for Environmental Cooperation "This book will help policymakers and trade negotiators tackle one of the main challenges they face today" Richard Eglin, WTO "The book makes a substantial contribution to clearing the fog that surrounds the debate on reconciling domestic environmental standards and freer international trade, and should be required reading for policy makers, trade negotiators and researchers.' Wilfrid Legg, OECD "The book is recommended as an authoritative reference text to all those researching and working in the import and export of agricultural produce, economics, environmental policy and environmental management in agriculture." R Eckard, Australian Veterinary Journal, Vol 80, Nov 2002 "This is a useful and timely book for trade negotiators and policy makers in the area of trade and the environment." David Vanzetti, Biological Agriculture & Horticulture, Vol 20, 2002 "Acknowledged local experts author five inventory-style chapters...the information provided makes the book a ready and helpful source of information." Richard Le Heron, Journal of Rural Studies 19, 2003 "The carefully selected papers in this book provide excellent insights, practical guidance and impressive case studies of the major players in world agricultural trade. It is a very useful reading for exporters and trade practitioners in developing countries apart from academics to understand the pros and cons of agricultural products trade policy making in developed countries." Priya Mutalik-Desai, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 58(4), 2003 "The book provides a unique overview on environmental policies and their effects in a set of countries, thus filling a gap in the literature. Everyone interested in environmental policies should read it." Ulrich Koester, Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, 42(3), 2003