GENEVA (Reuters) -- The United States underlined on Wednesday its right to retaliate against the European Union in a row over an EU ban on biotech crops.
The dispute has pitted the EU against the United States, Argentina and Canada, the world's three biggest growers of genetically modified (GMO) food. The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ordered the EU to end the ban.
Brussels has found it hard to implement the WTO ruling because some of the 27 EU member states operate their own bans.
The WTO said it would hold an extraordinary meeting of its dispute settlement body on Feb. 8 to discuss a U.S. request for compensation in the dispute.Star Phoenix /Reuters
