U.S. Threatens to Act Against Europeans Over Modified Foods

US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick said yesterday that the European Union's position on genetically modified (GM) foods was "immoral" and caused greater suffering in starving African nations. The EU has banned imports of GM foods, and earlier last year several African nations refused American food aid for fear that GM foods from the US would contaminate their own local crops. According to this report in The New York Times, "European consumers have for years questioned the safety of genetically modified foods. Many object to what they consider aggressive American promotion of those foods, which is seen as influenced by American agribusiness." Zoellick's remarks came just as the EU is considering reassessing its ban on what some British papers have called "Frankenfoods." – YaleGlobal