[Gen-Streitfall] USTR: wann kommt der nächste Streitfall?

[Martin Sundermann]

Hallo Miteinander,
tatsächlich macht mensch sich auf der anderen Seite des Atlantiks schon Gedanken über die nächste Klage (was uns nicht wirklich verwundert),
friedliche Grüsse, martin

US trade official cites concern on EU biotech label
Oct 24/03
Reuters
By Richard Cowan
WASHINGTON - U.S. Trade Representative spokesman Richard Mills was cited as telling Reuters in a telephone interview Friday that the Bush administration has "concerns" about new biotech labeling regulations finalized last week in the European Union, but it is too early to know whether a legal challenge will be mounted, adding, "We are examining the regulation in light of (the EU's) WTO obligations."
Referring to the labeling requirement, Mills said that the administration is concerned that the regulation "does not meet the standard requiring that information should be non-prejudicial in presentation."
Mills also said that even if it wanted to, USTR could not file a WTO complaint until the regulations go into effect.
Tony Van der haegen, an EU biotech specialist in Washington, was cited as insisting that the final rules were scientifically based and he noted that the EU traceability requirements were similar to new American bioterrorism regulations requiring a paper trail for food being exported to the United States.

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"Wir brauchen keine Bio-Terroristen, wenn wir Gentechniker haben."
Independent Science Panel (www.indsp.org)
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