There have been a number of articles and commentary recently on the US presidential candidates and comments on trade - including Dean Kleckner’s NAFTA Blame Game last week (which the Houston Chronicle printed in the Sunday 9 March edition). Obviously with the democrats bashing NAFTA there’s been a quite of bit of coverage from Canada and Mexico. But before this all hit the wires leading into the Ohio primary, it struck me with how much coverage other international sources were giving the trade issue in the US campaign, showing just how important this issue is, and in my estimation how poorly most of the candidates are handling it. The Financial Times had a pretty good editorial on March 10 “Primary politics and protectionism” which makes an excellent point in their closing that I think the candidates, and all elected officials need to keep in mind – “Liberal trade is a vital US interest. If a vigorous defence of that position is too much to ask at the moment, as seems to be the case on the Democratic side, a degree of restraint in undermining it surely is not. Once you have won an election, you have to govern. Stimulate protectionist appetites too much, and they will have to be fed.”
Did you know that over 70% of the food at your grocery contains genetically engineered ingredients that some independent tests have shown to be harmful to mammals? Did you know many of these crops contain pesticides in every cell that cannot be washed off? Did you know gm crops are allowed a heavier residue of the endocrine disrupting pesticides? Did you know you have been eating this for over 10 years? Did you know cross-contamination of conventional and organic crops and seeds has occurred and cannot be stopped? Did you know the EU has rejected our contaminated rice and corn shipments? Did you know? http://www.psrast.org/intro1.htm http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_environment/genetic_engineering/ http://www.thecampaign.org/ http://www.bioneers.org/node/1950 Did you know food crops like rice and safflower are being used to produce pharmaceuticals?
Did you know that cross-contamination of other genetically engineered rice crops has already occurred and cannot be explained or prevented by the government?
