Geographical indications and international agricultural trade [Book] : the challenge for Asia / edited by Louis Augustin-Jean, Associate Professor, University of Tsukuba, Japan, Hélène Ilbert, Professor and Researcher in International Economics, University of Montpellier, France and Neantro Saavedra-Rivano, Professor Emeritus, University of Tsukuba, Japan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Geographical indications and international trade / Neantro Saavedra-Rivano -- Are foodmarkets special markets? / Philippe Steiner -- Standardization vs. products of origins : what kinds of agricultural products have the potential to become a protected geographical indication? / Louis Augustin-Jean -- The multidimensional definition of quality / Gilles Allaire -- Products with denominations of origin and intellectual property rights : the international bargaining process / Hélène Ilbert -- The concept of terroir as the basis of corporate strategy in agribusiness : the European social, economic and institutional mode / Jean-Louis Rastoin -- From products of origin to geographical indications in Japan : perspectives on the construction of quality for the emblematic productions of Kobe and Matsusaka beef / Louis Augustin-Jean and Sekine Kae -- The development of geographical standards for sake in Japan / Nicolas Baumert -- An export niche in the Philippines : the commodification of a specialty rice in Ifugao Province / Suyako Sekimoto and Louis Augustin-Jean -- Geographical indication and institutional organization of food market in China : a case study of Jinhua Ham / Wang Guihong -- Terroir and green tea in China : the case of Meijiawu Dragon Well (Longjing) tea / Selina Chan.