US launches GM trade war

Washington has brought a complaint against the European Union to the World Trade Organisation for refusing to allow the sale of genetically modified (GM) food or crops, escalating trade tensions between the world's two biggest economic blocs.

http://www.usda.gov/news/releases/2003/05/0156.htm http://www.usda.gov/news/releases/2003/05/0156.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/comm/trade/issues/sectoral/agri_fish/agri/index_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/comm/trade/issues/sectoral/agri_fish/agri/index_en.htm

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