Declining International Cooperation on Pesticide Regulation

May T. Yeung is Professional Affiliate at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.William A. Kerr is University Distinguished Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.Blair Coomber is former Director General of International Trade Policy at Agriculture and Agrifood Canada.Matthew Lantz is Vice President of Global Access at Bryant Christie Inc., USA.Alyse McConnell is Manager of International Regulatory Affairs at Bryant Christie Inc., USA.

• 1. Why Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides are an Important International Issue.- 2. The Importance of Trade for Food Security.- 3. Incentives, or Not, for Governments to Remove Asynchronous MRLs as Trade Barriers.- 4. The Economics of International Harmonization of MRLs.- 5. Previous Examinations of MRLs.- 6. Case Studies of Trade Problems Related to MRLs.- 7. What Do Administrators Say?.- 8. Institutional Initiatives to Deal with Internationally Asynchronous MRLs.- 9. The Way Forward.