• 1: Introduction PART I: PUBLIC CONCERNS - A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE 2: The role of cross compliance in greening EU agricultural policy 3: State and federal responses to increasing input intensity in the USA 4: Canadian agricultural environmental policy: from the right to farm to farming right 5: Decentralized, outcome oriented management of agricultural environmental issues in New Zealand 6: Voluntary certification and legal standards in the EU PART II: TRADE, COMPETITIVENESS AND PUBLIC CONCERNS - A COMMODITY APPROACH 7: Environmental and health standards in the dairy sectors of the EU, the US and New Zealand 8: An EU/US perspective on nutrient management policies and growth hormone bans in the beef sector 9: Good agricultural and environmental conditions in the EU and their implications for international trade in cereals 10: Trade effects of environmental and animal welfare standards in the hog sectors of the European Union, United States and Canada 11: Environmental standards in the fruits and vegetables sector of Spain PART III: EMERGING POLICY PERSPECTIVES 12: Evaluating WTO institutions for resolving trade disputes involving non-tariff measures: four cases involving Brazil 13: Meeting standards in EU agriculture: the changing policy context 14: The pollution haven hypothesis and the location of livestock production: two North American case studies 15: Cost effectiveness of sediment abatement policies in potato production: assessing policies in Canada, the Netherlands and the U.S. 16: Environmental compliance costs in developed country agricultures: implications for trade and competitiveness

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