Protection of Maize under the Mexican Biosafety Law
Environment and Trade
Alicia Gutierez Gonzez
9781935603047
212 pages
University of Akron Press
Overview
This book analyzes the importance of maize worldwide and the special importance for Mexico as a center of origin and diversity (COD). By adopting a comparative approach, the analysis focuses on how developed and developing countries handle imports of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The book also analyzes the impact that genetically modified maize imports from the United States might have in Mexico as a COD of maize. This book illustrates the process of economic liberalization in Mexico from the 1980s until the inception of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994, and provides descriptive and analytical insight into the Mexican legal framework of biotechnology and biosafety, including complying with both international environmental and trade commitments.
Author Bio
Alicia Gutiérrez González studied at the Institute for International and European Law at the University of Göttingen.
