Jan. 14, 2008
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“At the same time,” explained Hamel, “our goal is to normalize trade in biotech products, not to impose trade sanctions on EU goods. The EU has committed to making biotech approval decisions based on science and without unnecessary delays, and it is in both parties’ interest for the EU to follow through on these commitments. Accordingly, we have agreed with the EU to suspend for a limited period the proceedings on our WTO request for authority to suspend concessions in order to provide the EU an opportunity to demonstrate meaningful progress on the approval of biotech products. We must note, however, that the United States first turned to the WTO to resolve this dispute over four and one half years ago, that U.S. seed companies, farmers, and exporters continue to experience significant commercial losses as a result of the EU actions, and that the patience of
During the coming months, the
In a related development, the Government of France announced late Friday that it was imposing a ban on the planting of the only biotech corn variety currently cultivated in the European Union. “It is hard to overstate our disappointment with this new biotech ban announced Friday by the Government of France,” said Hamel. “This newly banned variety of corn has been grown safely in the EU, the
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