GM WTO CASE

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE USA, Canada and Argentina have requested a WTO disputes panel be established to rule on the EU's de facto five-year freeze on approving the import of new genetically modified foodstuffs. The three countries claim it is illegal under world trade law. Brussels "regretted" the move.



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