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Risking Regulation, Regulating Risk: Lessons from the Transatlantic Biotech Dispute

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Debates over the future of new technologies frequently implicate governmental policies and regulation, the purpose of which has traditionally been to mitigate the dangers of new technologies through promotion of conditions of safe use. It is increasingly recognized, however, that regulation is predicated on a particular conception of the nature of risk which may or may not correspond to the views and beliefs held by society. Here I explore three broadly related questions in the context of the debates around agricultural biotechnology. First, what are the implications of varying conceptions of risk for regulatory policy in the United States and in the European Union? Second, what are the implications of differing conceptions of risk and resulting regulatory policy for agricultural trade relations between the two giants of international trade? And finally, what lessons might we draw from contemporary disputes over agricultural biotechnology?

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  • Noah Zerbe, 2007. "Risking Regulation, Regulating Risk: Lessons from the Transatlantic Biotech Dispute," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 24(5), pages 407-423, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:24:y:2007:i:5:p:407-423
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2007.00292.x
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    1. Kelley, Jonathan, 2014. "Beware of feedback effects among trust, risk and public opinion: Quantitative estimates of rational versus emotional influences on attitudes toward genetic modification," MPRA Paper 60585, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Jerome S. Legge Jr. & Robert F. Durant, 2010. "Public Opinion, Risk Assessment, and Biotechnology: Lessons from Attitudes toward Genetically Modified Foods in the European Union," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 27(1), pages 59-76, January.
    3. Adam Thorn, 2018. "Issue definition and conflict expansion: the role of risk to human health as an issue definition strategy in an environmental conflict," Policy Sciences, Springer;Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 51(1), pages 59-76, March.
    4. Alberto Alemanno, 2011. "How to Get Out of the Transatlantic Regulatory Deadlock Over Genetically Modified Organisms?," Chapters, in: David Vogel & Johan Swinnen (ed.), Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation, chapter 9, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    5. Jonathan Lewallen, 2021. "Emerging technologies and problem definition uncertainty: The case of cybersecurity," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 15(4), pages 1035-1052, October.

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