The World Trade Organisation has agreed to a request by the EU to bring scientists into a row with the US over biotechnology.

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A WTO panel decided on 20 August to allow scientists to present expert testimony before it makes a decision on a complaint against the EU’s biotech policy, reported Dow Jones International News. The US, together with Argentina and Canada, complained to the WTO last year about the EU’s moratorium on approving GM foods.


This latest decision by the WTO means that it will not release its report until late March next year, instead of by the end of this year, as had been initially expected.


Earlier this year the EU ended its moratorium by approving a type of genetically modified sweet corn for sale in the EU. However, the US has said it will continue with its WTO case against the EU.

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