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New WikiLeaks cables show US diplomats promote genetically engineered crops worldwide
Dozens of United States diplomatic cables released in the latest WikiLeaks dump on Wednesday reveal new details of the US effort to push foreign governments to approve genetically engineered crops and promote the worldwide interests of agribusiness giants like Monsanto and DuPont. The cables further confirm previous Truthout reports on the diplomatic pressure the US has put on Spain and France, two countries with powerful anti-GE crop movements, to speed up their biotech approval process and quell anti-GE sentiment within the European Union.
- Truthout, USA: New WikiLeaks cables show US diplomats promote genetically engineered crops worldwide
- The Dissenter, USA: US sought “talking points” to combat impact of French documentary on Monsanto
- Truthout, USA: US to Vatican: Genetically modified food is a “moral imperative”
- Delta Farm Press, USA: GM feed in Ireland, environmental devastation in China