Gregory Conko is a trade analyst with the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington DC.. He says the E.U.'s policies are outdated. "The fact that the World Trade Organization is coming out against them, that every major scientific organization around the world is coming out against them, is reminding them that it is time to move on -- time to reform biotech restrictions in the European Union."
Proponents of the genetically modified foods say they increase yields and allow crops to better resist weeds and insects.
Genetically modified foods are the reason America produces more food than it did 100 years ago on a fraction of the farmland. Never has genetically modified crops been found to be harmful, yet the EU still sought fit to ban their import.
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