Bush Administration Plotted Retaliation Against EU For Refusing GMO Seeds

[JBeukema]

“Country team Paris recommends that we calibrate a target retaliation list that causes some pain across the EU” [Emphasis added] –Recommendation by US Ambassador to France, Craig Stapleton.Wikileaked cables released over the weekend revealed more about the US’ role as a global bully, trying to thrust unpopular genetically modified (GM) crops onto cautious governments and their citizens. In a 2007 cable from Craig Stapleton, then US Ambassador to France, he encouraged the US government to “reinforce our negotiating position with the EU on agricultural biotechnology by publishing a retaliation list.” A list, he added, that “causes some pain across the EU since this is a collective responsibility.”

WikiLeaks Revelation: Bush Administration Plotted Retaliation Against EU For Refusing GMO Seeds | Disinformation

 

[Mr. H.]

Big Ag strikes again.