China GMO Fight Continues 12 lawyers from four provinces in China recently signed a joint letter to the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) and the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) requesting the government to publish the genetically modified organism (GMO) food information, including the type of GMO crops planted domestically and approved list of GMO crops for imports. In response to the public's doubt about whether the country has enough standards regarding what can be planted and imported, China's largest newspaper run by the Communist party, People's Daily, immediately published a list of approved GMO crops for imports that included soybean, corn, rapeseed, cotton and sugar beet.This again brings GMO crops to the focus of attent...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
A federal appeals court paused a USITC ruling against President Trump’s use of Section 122 to impose 10-percent global tariffs. A bipartisan group of 80 House members asked USTR to investigate specialty crop imports from Mexico for unfair trade practices. India notified the WT...
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