Publication archives

May 10, 2000 / CropGen The ruling by the Advertising Standards Association (ASA) against two supermarkets in respect of their GM and organic foods leaflets raises critical questions about information and choice.

May 10, 2000 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch / Deirdre Shesgreen A U.S. Senate spending committee has, according to this story, approved $30 million in new funding for biotechnology research projects that tackle issues such as malnutrition and hunger in developing countries - a move hailed by promoters of genetically engineered foods.

May 10, 2000 / The Journal Claims by two leading supermarkets that organic food tastes better and that mistakes in GM food technology may have caused deaths in the US were today branded as "misleading" and "unsubstantiated" by the advertising industry watchdog.

By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Six years after the last big trade bill and just two weeks before a crucial House vote on China trade, Congress is sending the White House major trade legislation to make it easier for sub-Saharan Africa and Caribbean nations to sell their goods in the United States.

May 10/00 / BBC / By consumer affairs correspondent Karen Bowerman Two leading supermarkets have been criticised for misleading consumers over food safety in leaflets promoting their own organic and GM-free food.

USA Today / By Walter Shapiro A Republican colleague stopped by John Kasich's table in the House dining room during lunch Wednesday to ask, "What are you doing about this China thing?" That is the question of the hour on Capitol Hill. A bitterly divided House is less than two weeks from a momentous vote on whether to grant China permanent normal trade relations (PNTR).

May 11, 2000 / The Hindu / M.D.Nair

Sydney Morning Herald / By GAY ALCORN, Herald Correspondent in Washington A day after a White House power rally of presidents and former presidents urged that China be embraced into the world trading system, Harry Wu held up a Nike shoe and said: "Don't lie to me."