Global trade in GM food and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: Consequences for China

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 337-356

  Xue, Dayuan ^a   Tisdell, Clem ^b  

^a State Environmental Protection Administration   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biosafety; Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety; China; Global trade; GMO

Indexed keywords

GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; IMPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SAFETY;

CHINA;

GLYCINE MAX; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0036926694     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021226206469     Document Type: Article

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