With the election of Brazil’s Roberto Azevedo as the next director-general of the World Trade Organization, it’s time to hope for a “Nixon goes to China” moment. In 1972, President Nixon traveled to Communist China and met with Mao Zedong, marking a new and more productive phase for relations between the United States and China. [...]
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Azevedo Goes to Geneva
With the election of Brazil’s Roberto Azevedo as the next director-general of the World Trade Organization, it’s time to hope for a “Nixon goes to China” moment. In 1972, President Nixon traveled to Communist China and met with Mao Zedong, marking a new and more productive phase for relations between the United States and China. [...]
A Forward-Looking Kenya Can Lead the Global Biotech Movement
A newly elected government provides a country with a rare opportunity for a fresh start—and President Uhuru Kenyatta’s nomination this week of Felix Kiptarus Kosgey to become Kenya’s next Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries offers my nation a remarkable opening to make a hard push for real food security. Success, however, will require [...]
Crop Biotechnology in the Upcoming U.S.-EU Trade Talks
Negotiators for the U.S. and the EU are finalizing topics for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks that will begin in early July. Biotech crops will certainly be one of the key issues for both sides. A review to be published in the June issue of the journal Trends in Plant Science titled [...]
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