US officials on Wednesday said they were close to implementing a new testing regime for rice exports after the European Union blocked all shipments by demanding that they be free from an unauthorised genetic modification.
By Tobias Buck in Brussels and Doug Cameron in Chicago
Published: August 23 2006 18:02 | Last updated: August 23 2006 23:54
US officials on Wednesday said they were close to implementing a new testing regime for rice exports after the European Union blocked all shipments by demanding that they be free from an unauthorised genetic modification.