A delegation of African scientists who attended a European Union (EU) conference on agriculture in the developing world has come out in support of the US complaint that EU policies put pressure on African governments to reject food aid containing genetically modified organisms.
Hmm, agricultural exporters are supporting expensive food, and parts of the world that most need cheap food are supporting cheap food.
Except for the US. The US is a net exporter of food (I'm pretty sure), but seems to be supporting free trade -- presumably in part because we develop the techonolgies that make the cheap food cheap, and because we think less starvation worldwide is in our interest, but I'd like to think we're also doing this because it's the right thing to do.
