Current Agriculture, Food & Resource Issues
G.E. Isaac
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Endnotes
1 An institutional analysis methodology is appropriate for the comparative analysis of the
similarities and differences among institutions and is a common empirical approach in
International Political Economy literatures. Accordingly, comparators are identified
typically consisting of, but not limited to (1) origins of the institution; (2)
objectives/mandates/scope of the institution; (3) membership structure; (4) underlying
regulatory principles and path-dependent regulatory trajectories; as well as (5) decisions
and actions taken by the organization.
2 Scientific justifications are determined to be sound not by the WTO but by one of the
following three international scientific agencies to which the WTO defers: (1) Codex
Alimentarius Commission (food safety and human health); (2) International Office of
Epizootics (animal safety and health); and (3) International Plant Protection Convention
(plant safety and health).
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