John D. Giorgis wrote:
>At 04:47 PM 7/20/01 +1200 K.Feete wrote:
>>As far as the Seattle protests go, though it wasn't documented in the
>>conventional media, the protesters wanted an end to WTO talks that would
>>prevent "trade barriers" being put into place by any country for goods
>>the country might consider undesirable for a "non-trade" reason. This
>>includes tariffs on or banning of genetically engineered food or (the
>>minor one that got a lot of press) the labelling of fish as
>>"dolphin-free." Basically it says the consumers are on their own.
>
>So, in other words, because a certain proposal that doesn't have
>particularly wide-spread support is on the table, we are going to shut-down
>the meeting.
>
>The European Union was never going to agree to wholesale importation of
>*all* GM foods. Dolphin-free tuna is so widespread and accepted, it isn't
>going anywhere.
Uh, as far as I recall, the agreement actually was that tuna could be
*labeled* dolphin-free even if it wasn't.
>
>Meanwhile, of course, countries like the United States continue to use all
>sorts of reasons to just not import all the goods produced by the poorest
>countries in the world, particularly food and raw materials - leaving them
>impoverished.
Including the War on Drugs. <grin>
Kat Feete
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