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| Title: | Food Safety Incidents, Collateral Damage and Trade Policy Responses: China-Canada Agri-Food Trade |
| Authors: | Liu, Huanan
Hobbs, Jill E.
Kerr, William A. |
| Keywords: | Canada
China
cooperation
food safety
market failure
trade policy |
| Issue Date: | 2008-04 |
| Series/Report no.: | CATPRN Working Paper
2008-4 |
| Abstract: | As markets become globalized, food safety policy and international trade policy
are increasingly intertwined. Globalization also means that food safety incidents
are widely reported internationally. One result is that food safety incidents can
negatively impact products where no food safety issue exists as consumers lose
trust in both foreign and domestic food safety institutions. While the policy
framework for dealing with directly effected imported foods is well understood,
how to deal with the market failure associated with indirectly affected products
within the existing trade policy rules has not been explored. Using the example of
China’s 2007 problems with a spate of products safety incidents, a theoretical
framework is developed and the response of both the Chinese and Canadian
governments analyzed. A cooperative approach to the issues appears to have a number of advantages and does not contravene trade policy commitments. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/43463 |
| Institution/Association: | Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network>Working Papers |
| Total Pages: | 39 |
| Collections: | Working Papers
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