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Article: Global battle over genetically modified food spills into Brazil, South America's largest economy.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- July 24, 2000
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil _ The global battle over genetically modified food is spilling into Brazil, South America's largest economy.
And the consequences will be huge for U.S. exporters to Brazil of nearly $2 billion a year in food products and commodities such as corn and soybeans. They'll be big for Brazil, too, forcing it to choose between the United States and Europe as its target export market.
Currently, Brazilian law permits imports of genetically modified seeds on a case-by-case basis. But lawsuits have stymied every effort to do so. Brazil also has a new law requiring labels on genetically modified consumer foods. But so far, the commission named ...