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The use of agricultural products and wastes for energy and industrial materials is a topic of growing importance throughout the world.

EU Farm Ministers Stall On Genetically Modified Corn

Agence France Presse| April 26, 2004 EU farm ministers were unable to agree Monday on approval for the sale of BT-11 bio-engineered corn, and sent the issue back to the European Commission, a European source said. If approved, the measure would in effect lift a five-year European Union ban on genetically modified (GM) foods.

A Flood of U.S. Corn Rips at Mexico

Los Angeles Times | By Michael Pollan | April 23, 2004

Japanese Group Voices Opposition To Biotech Wheat

Associated Press | March 26, 2004 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - As a state trade delegation negotiated contracts in Japan, a group from that country asked North Dakota's agriculture commissioner on Friday to resist the introduction of biotech wheat.

Genetically Modified Organisms At Centre Of Major WTO Dispute

THE LAWYERS WEEKLY | By John W. Boscariol and Orlando E. Silva | March 26, 2004 Genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the subject of a long-simmering quarrel between the United States and the European Union, are now at the centre of a major trade dispute at the World Trade Organization.

UNEP Regional Office Urges Caution On Transgenics

IPS | March 3, 2004 Mexico City, 3 Mar (IPS/Diego Cevallos) -- The United Nations Environment Programme warned Wednesday in Mexico that transgenic crops could pose a threat to biodiversity and human health, and recommended that the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean act with caution in using genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Agreement Will Force U.S. Exporters To Label GE Foods

Aberdeen American News (South Dakota) | March 5, 2004 Eighty-seven countries reached an historic agreement here today that takes concrete steps towards establishing new, internationally recognized rights to protect public health, sustainable agricultural production and the environment from genetic contamination caused by international trade in genetically engineered (GE) organisms.

UN New Rules On Clear Labelling Of GM Crop Exports Agreed; US ""Disappointed""

AFX - Asia | February 27, 2004 KUALA LUMPUR -- More than 100 signatories to the UN's Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety have agreed to abide by international rules covering the export of genetically-modified crops and food.

Victory Over US Claimed As Rules Agreed On GM Exports

Agence France Presse | By M. JEGATHESAN | February 27, 2004 Environmentalists claimed victory over the United States Friday as more than 100 countries agreed to international rules covering the export of genetically-modified crops and food.

Europe Claims Victory Over U.S. On Genetically Modified Foods; U.S. Warns Of Disrupted Trade

Associated Press | By SEAN YOONG | February 27, 2004 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Europe and developing countries claimed a victory over the United States on Friday when a conference of more than 80 nations agreed to improve the labeling of genetically modified food shipments despite U.S. objections.