U.S., Canada, Argentina, Brazil Threaten EU With WTO Challenge Over GM Food Proposal

摘要

The U.S., Canada, Argentina and Brazil have stepped up the threat of a World Trade Organization challenge against an upcoming European Commission proposal that would allow European Union member states to ban imported food and animal feed processed from genetically modified (GM) crops. Ambassadors to the EU from the U.S., Canada, Argentina and Brazil wrote a joint letter to the European Commission warning it to abide by its WTO obligations. "We have some serious concerns on the potential outcome of such a revision," the ambassadors, including U.S. envoy Anthony Gardner, said in an April 1 letter to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, a copy of which was obtained by Bloomberg BNA.