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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8467

22 May 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/wto/gmo
Europe's reactions to request by US (and other countries) for consultations on restrictions on access to GMOs - Mr Zoellick criticises EU

Brussels, 21/05/2003 (Agence Europe) - Last week, after years of "waiting patiently" and months of "rumours", postponed during the Saddam affair, the United States, plus Canada and Argentina, and with the support of nine other countries, turned to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to try to get measures restricting the access of genetically modified products to the European market lifted. The request for consultations, which constitute the irrevocable first step of binding arbitration, has...

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