The last issue of Organic Bytes (#14) took a good look at President Bush’s
recent decision to file a complaint to the World Trade Organization against
the EU, based on the “problem” that European consumers are freely able
to choose not to eat genetically mutated foods. The U.S. filed the complaint
and was only able to whip four other nations of the world into supporting
it: Argentina, Australia, Egypt and Canada. Unfortunately for G.W., Egypt
has now withdrawn its support of Bush’s aggressive stance against the
EU, citing “the need to preserve adequate and effective consumer and environmental
protection.” Bush added fuel to the fire by blaming world hunger on the
European decision not to import GE foods. European leaders are downright
confused by this accusation, pointing out that the US currently ranks
22nd in the percentage of its gross national income devoted to foreign
aid – the lowest of any industrial nation.

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