Problem for the GM Lobby (xpost from FA)

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http://watchingamerica.com/News/235084/problem-for-the-gm-lobby/

The Americans have for years promoted the alleged advantages of GM technology. Now the government has conceded that its use has led to significant problems.

Problem for the GM Lobby
Frankfurter Rundschau, Germany
By Daniel Baumann
Translated By Andrew Oppenheimer
14 March 2014
Edited by Brent Landon

Free trade talks should open markets, and the EU has announced its intention to defend the existing regulations on genetically modified organisms. The U.S. government has made clear that the utilization of GM technology has led to significant problems.

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U.S. diplomats have aggressively sought to prepare the political ground for GM technology. For example, in 2007 the U.S. Embassy in Paris proposed a list of retaliatory actions to take against the French government for having spoken out against genetically modified plants.

A State Department strategy paper on the spread of GM technology states that “protecting the interests of American farmers and exporters” is an aim of U.S. diplomacy.* With considerable sums of money, numerous events and targeted political interventions, the U.S. has attempted to prepare the ground abroad for GM technology — with success outside of Europe. The newly published study could complicate these efforts considerably.

The EU has announced that it wants to defend the existing rules on GM technology in the free trade talks with the U.S.