Food Regulation and Trade: Institutional Framework,
Concepts of Analysis and Empirical Evidence

May 28-30, 2006
Bonn, Germany

Invited Paper Session 1

Non-tariff barriers (NTB) to food trade: Institutional framework
and theoretical concepts

Kym Anderson, University of Adelaide / Australia (currently World Bank)
Measuring distortions to agricultural incentives: Beyond tariffs

Tim Josling, Institute for International Studies, Stanford University / USA Measuring Distortions
The institutional framework for food regulation and trade

Invited Paper Session 2

NTBs in food trade: Instruments and impacts

Everett Peterson (Speaker), Virginia Tech
David Orden, International Food Policy Research Institute IFPRI / USA
Linking risk and economic assessments in the analysis of plant pest regulations: The case of U.S. imports of Mexican avocados

Jonathan Rushton, University La Paz / Bolivia and University of Reading / United Kingdom
Animal health systems and status - are they trade barriers or mechanisms to improve global animal disease control?

Invited Paper Session 3

Analysis of NTB: Territorial dimension

Johannes Moenius, University of Redland / USA
The good, the bad and the ambiguous: Standards and trade in agricultural goods with the EU

John S. Wilson, World Bank / USA
Developing countries and market access to developed countries

Contributed Paper Session 1A

Concepts to analyse NTBs

Stephan Nolte, Marie-Luise Rau, Humbold University of Berlin / Germany
Incorporating food quality standards into equilibrium models: a review and discussion of possible approaches

Judith M. Dean, Robert Feinberg, Michae Ferrantino, José E. Signoret, U.S. International Trade Commission / USA
Rodney Ludema, Georgetown University / USA
Estimating the price effect of non-tariff measures

Contributed Paper Session 1B

Case studies on the territorial dimension of NTBs

Bart Minten, Cornell University / USA, Lalaina Randrianarison, WWF / Madagascar
Johan F.M. Swinnen, K U Leuven / Belgium
Global retail chains, international trade and developing country farmers: Evidence from Madagascar

Bruno Henry de Frahan, Université catholique de Louvain / Belgium,
Mark Vancauteren, Tilburg University / Netherlands
Harmonization of food regulations and trade in the Single Market: Evidence from disaggregated data

Contributed Paper Session 2A

Analysis of NTB’ trade impacts

Alessandro Olper, Valentina Raimondi, Università degli Studi di Milano / Italy
Explaining the border effects: the role of policy and non-policy barriers in the Quad food trade

Christine Wieck, Washington State University / USA
Trade impacts of administrative food import regulations: Evaluating the U.S. Bioterrorism Act

Contributed Paper Session 2B

Comparing different NTBs

Monika Tothova, OECD, Directorate for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries / France
James F. Oehmke, Michigan State University / USA
To regulate or not? The trade-off between food safety and consumer choice

Derek Eaton, Thom Achterbosch, LEI Wageningen University / The Netherlands
Jacques Bourgeois, Partner with Akin Gump Hauer & Field / Belgium
Product differentiation under the WTO: an analysis of labelling and tariff or tax measures concerning farm animal welfare

Invited Paper Session 4

Stakeholder - Producer
Spencer Henson, Guelph University / Canada
The role of public and private standards in regulating international food markets

Helen Jensen (Speaker), Dermot J. Hayes, Iowa State University / USA
National private sector approaches to secure traceability, transparency and quality assurance in food chains

Invited Paper Session 5

Governance of risk policy and consumers’ perspective

Julie Caswell, University of Massachusetts / USA
Consumer’s food safety, environmental and animal welfare concerns: Major determinants for agricultural and food trade in the future?

Bruce Traill, University of Reading / UK
Considering consumer’s demands – the case of GMO approval and labelling systems

Contributed Paper Session 3A

Stakeholder - Producer

Jill J. McCluskey, Washington State University / USA
Pre-empting public regulation with private food quality standards

Sisira Jayasuriya, Donald McLaren, University of Melbourne / Australia,
R. Mehta, Research and Information System / India
Meeting food safety standards in export markets: issues and challenges facing firms exporting from developing countries

Contributed Paper Session 3B

Governance of risk policy and consumers’ perspective

Marion Jansen, World Trade Organization / USA
"Based on science": Stake holder influence on risk assessment in the context of international food standards

Bettina Rudloff and Johannes Simons, University of Bonn / Germany
Considering consumers’ food safety perceptions at the WTO–level: a survey-based analysis

Roundtable discussion:

Future challenges for food regulation
Marion Jansen, World Trade Organization, Geneva / Switzerland
Ahmad Irfan Aslam, Ministry of Food and Agriculture / Pakistan
Harald Bajorat, Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Bonn / Germany
Thomas Isenberg, Federation of German Consumer Organisations, Berlin / Germany
Angelika Mrohs, German Federation for Food Law and Food Science (BLL), Bonn, Berlin / Germany