Bush Links Europe’s Ban on Bio-Crops With Hunger

In his commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, U.S. President George W. Bush urged the European Union to lift the ban on bio-crops so as to make Africa not "fear being shut out of European markets." Many U.S. officials, including the President himself, have alleged that the European fear of bio-crops was without scientific basis. Meanwhile, one E.U. official, in response to the charge against Europe filed by the U.S. at the World Trade Organization, said that it was "a bit unfair to whip Europeans." If the ban is lifted, American corporations will be better positioned to make money in the profitable European market. – YaleGlobal