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Apr 14, 2000

Biotech Activists, 04/12/00: Bid to Make GM Producers Liable for Damage Fails

April 12, 2000 / The Associated Press/PA News/Reuters STRASBOURG, France -- The European parliament on Wednesday was cited as rejecting tougher conditions for growing and marketing genetically modified foods in the 15-nation European Union.
Apr 14, 2000

Biotech Activists, 04/13/00: Commissioner Wallstrom Welcomes EP Endorsement of Stricter and More Transparent EU Rules for GMOs

April 12, 2000 / European Commission / DN: IP/00/374
Apr 14, 2000

WTO Head Praises China, Says New Trade Round Still Far Off

CongressDaily In a speech at the National Press Club Thursday, World Trade Organization Director General Michael Moore praised China for embracing world trade, but he said the trade ministers of WTO members are nowhere near the consensus needed for a meeting to launch a new trade round. He also said he believes the Africa-Caribbean trade bill will pass Congress.
Apr 14, 2000

Biotech Activists, 04/13/00: Economics Driving Genetically Altered Crops

April 8, 2000 / The Fredericton Daily Gleaner Mike Mazerolle of Fredericton writes that many New Brunswickers received a 12-page pamphlet prepared by the government of Canada entitled Food Safety and You.
Apr 14, 2000

Who""s Afraid of Globalization?

Editorial Page / Wall Street Journal By Gregg Easterbrook, a senior editor of the New Republic and author of "Beside Still Waters: Searching for Meaning in an Age of Doubt" (Quill, 1999).
Apr 14, 2000

Biotech Activists, 04/14/00: Impossible to Guarantee GMO-Free

April 13/00 / PA News
Apr 14, 2000

Valid Questions on the New Economy

By E. J. Dionne Jr. / Washington Post Critics of this weekend's demonstrations against the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund will write off the protests as the work of the marginal, the cranky and the impractical.
Apr 14, 2000

Biotech Activists, 04/14/00: The Precise Problem with GM Food

April 14, 2000 / The Age