Provide an economic assessment of the U.S. GM food labelling regulations, analysing the economic arguments for and against mandatory labelling. How do the proposed U.S. GM labelling regulations compare to those in other countries?

The United States Department of Agriculture has proposed new guidelines for labelling foods containing genetically modified (GM) ingredients, which will become a requirement by 2020. Provide an economic assessment of the U.S. GM food labelling regulations, analysing the economic arguments for and against mandatory labelling. How do the proposed U.S. GM labelling regulations compare to those in other countries?

The term paper should be organized as a formal research paper complete with references. The paper should contain an introduction that outlines the problem focus and objectives of the paper and/or the importance and relevance of the topic. The main text of the paper should reflect what is appropriate to the topic. For example, some topics will require a review of key literature, or require a discussion of a specific marketing institution, or deal with a specific marketing problem. Use economic theory to back up the arguments made in your paper. The paper should end with concluding statements that reflect on the problem, original purpose of the paper and results of the analysis. All sources should be fully referenced.
The paper must be original and not have been used for another course. Your paper should be double-spaced. As guideline the paper should be about 3500 to 4000 words in length.