The Argentine government is presently joining the USA in protesting against the European Union, demanding the freedom to import genetically modified products in order to keep feeding their people with laboratory patented food.

The first bullets in the transatlantic commercial war against the European position which opposed GM were shot in May of 2003. On that date the United States, Canada, Argentina and Egypt presented a formal demand before the World Trade Organization (WTO). They complained about the European moratorium against new genetically modified products and the numerous national prohibitions that constitute an obstacle to trade. This situation costs the United States some US$300 million dollars, in lost exports. The demands were supported among others by Australia, Chile and Mexico. Egypt, the only African country that initially supported the position of United States, withdrew before the consultation process began. That decision infuriated the trade negotiators of the United States that, according to them, broke the rough draft of an agreement of free trade with Egypt into pieces.

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