A follow-up report on the trade dispute of genetically modified soybeans between the United States and China

Introduction: main points: 1 President Bush of the United States mentioned this to President Jiang Zemin twice when he attended the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit 2 China has agreed to accept the U.S regulatory process for genetically modified soybeans before the introduction of its own regulatory process 3 The Chinese side agreed to consider solving the problem of delay in unloading caused by the tedious quarantine inspection procedures at the port Washington, Oct 24: according to a press release from the American Soybean Association (ASA), based in St Louis, Missouri, the trade dispute between the United States and China over the import of genetically modified foods, especially genetically modified soybeans, has been resolved According to a spokesman for the ASA, China agrees, Before completing its own regulatory review of genetically modified soybeans, it will receive regulatory review reports from the U.S government U.S trade negotiator Robert Zoellick said the U.S president referred to President Jiang Zemin twice during his recent visit to Shanghai Bart Ruth, President of the American Soybean Association, said, "the United States has a comprehensive and in-depth regulatory review process, which can confirm that genetically modified soybeans are safe for human and animal consumption, as well as for plants and the environment China has agreed to use these security assessment procedures (provided by the US government) before completing its own regulatory system and review system " Gil Griffis, ASA's Asia director, said: "we understand that China has agreed to solve the problem of delay in unloading due to quarantine measures, which has been a problem in recent months." (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: