Monsanto continues to negotiate with the Chinese government to obtain a permanent safety certificate

Lead: St Louis (Reuters) - Monsanto, a biotech giant, confirmed Friday that China had rejected the company's request for a permanent GM soybean import safety certificate In March 2002, Monsanto asked China to issue a permanent safety certificate to replace the current temporary safety certificate, so as to ensure the annual export trade of US $1 billion worth of soybeans to China But China recently rejected Monsanto's application in March last year, according to Jill Montgomery, a spokeswoman for the city A spokesman for BAP said Monsanto officials were in talks with Chinese officials about the safety of genetically modified agricultural products, and the interim safety certificate was still valid She said that China has been importing genetically modified soybeans for several years, so Monsanto is negotiating with China to understand what information China needs in terms of soybean safety Phillip Laney, general representative of BaP China, told reporters on Friday that China's recent refusal was not a great setback for Monsanto's efforts to open up the market In fact, it's just a little stone on the way They believe that the Chinese government hopes Monsanto and other biotech companies will continue their work and complete a series of field trials for each genetically modified variety they wish to register Of course, they don't think these tests are necessary at all, but in fact, Chinese law does He speculated that this was just one of the problems Monsanto had to solve Robert Zoellick, BAP's US trade negotiator, responded to the trade talks with China He has made progress on soybeans After his talks with Vice Premier Wen Jiabao and trade minister Shi Guangsheng, he said that he didn't want to claim that the problem was solved prematurely, but he got a positive response from the Chinese side, and the two sides will continue to discuss the details BAp