EU rejects appeal on biotech crops
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European Union environment ministers rejected an appeal Monday to force Austria to lift a ban on two biotech crop products, which the European Commission says violates international trade rules.
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Twenty European Union countries are opposed to compromise proposals on agriculture floated by a World Trade Organisation mediator as part of a bid to rescue global trade talks, France said on Monday.
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The World Trade Organization on Monday rejected a US appeal against an earlier finding that supported Canada&#39;s wheat trade. The WTO appeals body upheld a February decision by its dispute settlement body, which
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The EU is to appeal against a World Trade Organisation ruling that its sugar subsidies breach world trade rules.
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The Socialist Group in the European Parliament (EP) on Thursday rejected a proposal by incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso designed to defuse a row over
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The European Commission rejects reports that it has lost World Trade Organization backing for its policy of protecting regional food names such as Champagne and Parma.
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Amflora potatoes have become the unlikely lightning rod in the angry debate over genetically modified crops in Europe.
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The European Union must accept more genetically modified foods to avoid renewed complaints about market barriers at the World Trade Organization, the EU trade commissioner, Peter Mandelson, said Thursday.
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An attempt to stop scientific research into human-animal "hybrid" embryos fails in the House of Lords.
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BASF's Amflora off the menu The European Union's Council of Ministers last week delivered a serious blow to biotech companies' ambitions to roll out GM crops across the region by postponing a decision on the "commercial optimisation" of BASF's Amflora "genetically optimised potato".â¦
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Europe's leading food safety agency   advised consumers on Friday that eating rice with trace amounts   of an unauthorized genetically modified (GMO) strain was   unlikely to pose a health risk to humans or animals.
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EU farm ministers clashed on Monday on  whether to approve a genetically modified (GMO) potato for  growing, passing the final decision to the bloc&#39;s executive and  paving the way for the first new &quot;live&quot; GMO crop for years.
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Rory Watson, Times Brussels correspondent, explains why the EU today rejected scientific advice to close off key fishing areas in an attempt to stall the collapse in cod stocks.
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The European Union has failed in its attempt to get special protection for food and drinks brands associated with their place of production, reports say.
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The biotechnology industry has failed to deliver on promises to revolutionize agriculture with plants genetically engineered to be healthier, drought resistant and tastier, a consumer interest group said Wednesday.
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The European Commission says it has approved a genetically-modified seed for planting.
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The European Union&#39;s Court of First Instance has rejected Microsoft&#39;s appeal of the European Commission&#39;s 2004 landmark antitrust decision against the company, which concluded that the software giant had abused its dominant position in the computer industry &quot;by leveraging its near monopoly in the market for PC operating systems.&quot;