GMO

Brussels Reiterates Criticism of US over Biotech Foods Debate

AFX | June 27, 2003

Hundreds Demonstrate Against Genetically Modified Food

Agence France Presse | By Oscar Duron | June 25, 2003 Hundreds of protesters rallied Tuesday against US efforts to promote genetically modified food as agriculture and trade ministers met in California to debate the explosive issue, organisers said.

Transatlantic Consumer Groups Call Upon Us Government To Drop WTO GMO Case

Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue | June 24, 2003 Groups characterize the US suit as a calculated maneuver to impose genetically engineered products on an unwilling world

Activists Say U.S. Manipulating Meet to Promote GM Food

IPS | By Katrin Dauenhauer | June 23, 2003 WASHINGTON, Jun 23 () - Activists have gathered at a California conference this week to counter what they call the U.S. administration's attempts to force-feed genetically engineered (GM) crops on developing countries. They reject Washington's argument that science and technology provide all the answers to fight against hunger.

Hundreds in Sacramento Protest Bioengineered Food

Los Angeles Times | By Kathleen Flynn and Joel Rubin | June 23, 2003 SACRAMENTO -- Hundreds of protesters knotted this city's downtown core Sunday on the eve of an international agricultural conference that has become the latest showdown over genetically modified crops and U.S. corporate farming.

First Day Of Conference, Second Day Of Protests

Associated Press | By KIM BACA | June 23, 2003 Agriculture ministers from around the world gathered Monday for the first day of a conference on genetically engineered farming as police braced for a second day of protests.

Talks Collapse on U.S. Efforts to Open Europe to Biotech Food

New York Times | By David Leonhardt | June 20, 2003 Washington--Talks between the United States and the European Union over opening up Europe to genetically modified foods broke down in Geneva today, the Bush administration announced, heightening trans-Atlantic tensions.

Trade Pact on Gene-Altered Goods to Take Effect in 90 Days

New York Times | By ANDREW POLLACK | June 14, 2003 A new global treaty that imposes restrictions on exports of genetically modified seeds, animals and crops is set to take effect, injecting a new element into already heated international disputes over agricultural biotechnology.

IATP""s Kristin Dawkins vs. Alex Avery of the Hudson Institute

METROFARM.COM | June 5, 2003 They said you could lead a horse to water, but you couldnt make it drink. Then someone invented the World Trade Organization. Now the US is suing the European Union into eating genetically-modified foods!

EU Lawmakers Ratify UN Protocol On Trade In GMOs

DOW JONES NEWSWIRES | June 4, 2003