GMW: QUOTES OF THE WEEK

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GMW: QUOTES OF THE WEEK

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Thu, 9 Feb 2006 10:29:42 GMT

 

 

 

 

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QUOTES OF THE WEEK:

 

Peter Jones, of the European flour milling association, said: " The WTO

can pass all the rules they want, but resistance is coming from the

consumer, and consumers in Britain and Europe don't want GMO foods. "

 

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/8bc816d2-9911-11da-aa99-0000779e2340.html

 

" It is obvious to everyone that the U.S. will interpret the WTO ruling

as a message to Africans that it is now time to eat GMOs and stop the

noise-making... " - an agriculture consultant in Malawi [Reuters,

Africans vow to resist any US pressure on GMOs]

 

" We do not want GM (genetically modified) foods and our hope is that

all of us can continue to produce non-GM foods. The decision by the

WTO does nothing to change our stand in this matter. " - Zambian

Agriculture Minister Mundia Sikatana [Reuters,

Africans vow to resist any US pressure on GMOs]

http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Business_News & subsecti\

on=market+news & month=February2006 & file=Business_News200602097277.xml

 

" The protection of people and the environment have absolute priority,

and the most recent scientific research vindicates our cautious

approach in this matter, " said Austrian Health Minister Maria

Rauch-Kallat, responsible for national GMO policy. " We will exhaust all

possibilities to keep Austria's agriculture GM-free and ensure

consumers' safety. "

[Reuters, Europe bridles at WTO view on national biotech bans]

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6222

 

" The facts on agricultural biotechnology are clear and compelling. It

is a safe and beneficial technology that is improving food security

and helping to reduce poverty worldwide, " said U.S. Trade

Representative Rob Portman. [uS Department of Agriculture press release]

http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true & content\

id=2006/02/0040.xml

 

" US agro-chemical giants will not sell a bushel more of their GM grain

as a result of the WTO ruling, " said Daniel Mittler, trade adviser at

Greenpeace International.[biotech industry hails WTO ruling, The

Australian]

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18080372%255E1702,\

00.html

 

" the hysteria from the special interest groups is typical 'green,'

anti-technology philosophy: keep the poor and hungry dependent on

handouts from big government; paint the United States as a marketing

bully; play up fear of innovation and science; and badmouth U.S. food

companies. This WTO ruling appears to be one step toward preserving

choices and options for both agriculture and consumers worldwide. " -

Steve Dittmer, Agribusiness Freedom Foundation [WTO Bows to Science,

Rejects Politics & Protectionism]

http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=109012

 

" We do not want GMO on the Polish territory " - the Polish Prime

Minister [PM: We do not want GMO in Poland]

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6216

 

The ruling will open the door to more European customers for U.S.

businesses but also will set an example for other world markets, said

Leon Corzine, chairman of the National Corn Grower's Association,

based in suburban St. Louis. [u.S., EU Again at Loggerheads on Trade]

http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=AP & Date=20060\

208 & ID=5481145

 

Syngenta's (SYT) business is not expected to be impacted by the World

Trade Organization's ruling..., says Bank Sarasin analyst Bernd Pomrehn.

Even if the WTO's ruling lifts the moratorium on GMO-based food

products in the EU, the European consumer won't easily change its

aversion toward GMO food, says Pomrehn, which is the real reason that

holds back further spread of GMO in Europe. [Dow Jones Newswire,

Syngenta Not Seen Impacted By WTO Ruling]

http://www.newratings.com/analyst_news/article_1199532.html

 

" The US... promote free trade around the world but they don't seem to

have grasped the basic principles of supply and demand. There is no

viable market for GM in Europe but US farmers could win back their

market share by producing non-GM food that people actually want to

eat. " - Carrie Stebbings from GM Freeze [EU Citizens will decide on

GM, not US/ WTO bullying]

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6215

 

" The World Trade Organisation with its secretive decision-making

processes is unfit to decide what we should eat or what farmers should

grow, " said Alexandra Wandel, trade co-ordinator at Friends of the

Earth. " A new global trading system is needed that protects people and

the environment from the worst excesses of industry. " [Financial

Times, Food ruling will keep WTO in activists' sights]

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/89c97708-9831-11da-816b-0000779e2340.html

 

 

 

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