Genetically Modified Food -- Abstract -- Table of contents -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Introduction -- 1 Portrait: Genetically modified food -- 1.1 Definition and characteristics of GM food -- 1.2 Negative impacts of GM food -- 1.2.1 Risks for human health -- 1.2.2 Risks for the environment -- 1.3 Positive impacts of GM food -- 1.3.1 Benefits for farmers -- 1.3.2 Benefits for the environment -- 1.3.3 Benefits for consumers -- 1.3.4 Benefits for developing counties -- 2 Trade policy: Two approaches -- 2.1 US: The "principle of substantial equivalence" -- 2.2 EU: The "precautionary principle" -- 3 The legal framework for trade with GMOs -- 3.1 Legislation of the World Trade Organization -- 3.1.1 Article I and III GATT (WTO) -- 3.1.2 Article XI GATT (WTO) -- 3.1.3 Article XX GATT (WTO) -- 3.1.4 WTO Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement -- 3.1.5 WTO Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Agreement -- 3.2 Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety -- 3.3 Implications for the EU-US trade dispute on GMOs -- 4 Tensions between GMO trade policy and environmental policy objectives -- 4.1 Scientific findings about risks of GM food -- 4.2 GMO policy against the background of limited scientific findings - qualitative approach -- 4.2.1 Utilitarian theory as a basis for policy formulation -- 4.2.2 Normative theory as a basis for policy formulation -- 4.2.3 Behavior of consumers as a basis of policy formulation -- 4.2.4 Behavior of biotech firms as a basis of policy formulation -- 4.3 GMO policy against the background of limited scientific findings - quantitative approach -- 4.4 Conclusions about the appropriate GMO policy -- 5 Consequences for international trade -- 5.1 Trade flows and global welfare effects -- 5.2 Potential protectionist behavior of the EU -- 5.3 Risk of an isolation of the EU from international trade.

5.4 Recovery of international trade -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Autorenprofil.