GM story from the NY Times
Anita Graf (agraf@agecon.uga.edu)
Tue, 8 Jun 1999 14:19:12 EST5EDT
> The vilification of Monsanto is just one example of a
> growing anti-American slant to the debate about food in
> Europe.
>
> Indeed, food safety now seems to be one of the easiest
> places for ugly nationalist emotions to hide. Europe's
> Common Agricultural Policy is the single nastiest piece of
> protectionism in the world; its American equivalent is not
> much better. Politicians, whether they are Presidential
> candidates in Iowa or prospective deputies in Normandy,
> conspicuously avoid talk of reform.
>
> It is not inconceivable that in a decade's time people will
> look back on the current rows about food as a turning point
> for both globalization and what used to be called the
> Western alliance. If so, that old saying -- "what is good
> for G.M. is good for America" -- may have an ironic ring.
>
> John Micklethwait, the New York bureau chief of The
> Economist, is the co-author of a forthcoming book on
> globalization.
Someone needs to alert Mr. Micklethwait that the anti-GM,
anti-Monsonto stance is not just for Europeans who want to bash the
US. There are plenty of us on this side of the ocean who are on
*that* side of the argument. Journalists and politicians need to get
a clue. Anita
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