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5/22/2003

Bush Blasts Europe Re: GMO

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Bush Lashes Out at Europe (washingtonpost.com)

"By widening the use of new high-yield bio-crops and unleashing the power of markets, we can dramatically increase agricultural productivity and feed more people across the continent," Bush said in a commencement address on the drizzly west bank of the Thames River. "Yet, our partners in Europe are impeding this effort. They have blocked all new bio-crops because of unfounded, unscientific fears."

In related news, a German Official called for the EU to accept GMO.

German official calls for end to EU biotech ban

WASHINGTON - A top German official this week sided with the United States in a dispute over the European Union's ban on new biotech food products.

In a speech to the German American Executive Summit, German Economic Affairs Minister Wolfgang Clement said it was important for the world trading system that the United States and the EU resolve a number of outstanding disputes.