Corporate
Europe Observatory
The
European Commission has shelved a legal opinion confirming that
genetically modified organisms (GMOs) produced through gene-editing
and other new techniques fall under EU GMO law, following pressure
from the US government. A series of internal Commission documents
obtained under freedom of information rules reveal intense lobbying
by US representatives for the EU to disregard its GMO rules, which
require safety testing and labelling.
The
documents show that US pressure is focussed on potential
barriers to trade from the application of EU GMO law. They suggest
that the EU should ignore health and environmental safeguards on GMOs
to pave the way for a transatlantic trade agreement.
This
briefing exposes lobbying by the US government during a crucial
period, at the end of 2015, as revealed in pre-meeting briefings and
correspondence released by the Commission:
No wonder
why Obama took a clear position in favor of TTIP prior to the
beginning of the next round of TTIP negotiations on 25 April 2016 in
New York. From PressTV
:
President
Barack Obama says the United States and the European Union (EU)
need to press ahead with the Transatlantic Trade and Investment
Partnership (TTIP) despite widespread opposition.
“Angela
and I agree that the United States and the European Union need to
keep moving forward with the Transatlantic Trade and Investment
Partnership negotiations,” Obama said Sunday [24/4] after
meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Speaking in a joint press conference
with Merkel in the German city of Hannover, Obama added that the
controversial trade pact’s benefits for the US economy were
“indisputable.”
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