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Informationen zum Autor Daniel Wuger is a lecturer at the University of Bern! a senior research fellow at the Swiss Federal Office of Justice and a consultant to the NCCR International Trade Regulation project at the World Trade Institute! Bern. Thomas Cottier is Professor of European and International Economics Law at the University of Bern and Director of the Institute of European and International Economic Law. He is also Managing Director of the World Trade Institute. Klappentext An examination of the challenges to international trade regulation posed by biotechnology. Zusammenfassung Biotechnology poses various challenges to international trade regulation. This volume examines whether existing international obligations of WTO Members are appropriate to deal with such challenges and whether there is a need for new international legal instruments! including a potential WTO Agreement on Biotechnology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Introduction and Systemic Issues: 1. Introduction Daniel Wüger; 2. Genetic engineering, trade and human rights Thomas Cottier; 3. Gender dimensions of biotechnology policy and trade Constance Z. Wagner; Part II. Intellectual Property and Gene Technology - Issues at Stake and Possible Options: 4. Biotechnology and patents: global standards, European approaches and national accents Geertrui Van Overwalle; 5. Intellectual property rights, biotechnology and development Emmanuel Opoku Awuku; 6. Traditional knowledge, biogenetic resources, genetic engineering and intellectual property rights Federico Lenzerini; Part III. Food Security, Trade and Agricultural Production with Genetically Modified Organisms: 7. Biotechnology in the energy sector: some trade and development Simonetta Zarrilli; 8. Coexistence and liability: implications for international trade drawn from the Swiss example Anne Petitpierre-Sauvain; 9. Food security and agricultural production with genetically modified organisms: a comment Michael Hahn; Part IV. Food Safety, International Trade and Biotechnology: 10. Trade, environment and biotechnology: on coexistence and coherence Laurence Boisson de Chazournes and Makane Moise Mbenge; 11. Risk regulation, precaution and trade Franz Xaver Perrez; Part V. Medical Research, Cloning and International Trade: 12. Genetic engineering, free trade and human rights: global standards and local ethics Roger Brownsword; 13. The regulation of human genetics by international soft law and international trade Souheil El-Zein....