The U.S. delegation will hold consultations with China on GMO policy
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Last Update: 2002-02-26
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Lead: Reuters news on February 22: a delegation of US officials will visit China next week to discuss controversial regulations on the import of genetically modified food, U.S Department of agriculture chief Ann wienemann said "We can't let regulations, such as regulations on biotechnology, hinder the export of American agricultural products," wienemann said at the classic annual conference We will send a delegation to China next week to discuss the matter " The annual meeting of commodity classics was held by the American Soybean Association and the national corn grower association Weinerman told reporters that she got a call from the Bush special plane, informing that a delegation will go to China next week But she didn't know the schedule As far as she knows, Chinese and American officials will continue to discuss how the GM regulations will be implemented She said there may be discussions on how the regulations will be implemented, but the procedures themselves will also be discussed Earlier, Chinese Premier Zhu Junji flatly rejected the US president's request for flexibility in implementing the regulations, which Zhu said were in line with international practice On Thursday, a U.S Department of agriculture official mentioned a possible complaint to the World Trade Organization against China H3E
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