WTO ruling against EU unlikely to have any effect

The European halt on the import of genetically modified products violated international rules, the world trade body WTO has ruled.

In a report leaked to the press on Thursday (11 May), the WTO argued that the EU was wrong in preventing the use of new modified varieties of corn, soybeans and cotton between 1998 and 2004 on its market without it being scientifically justified.

The Geneva-based organisation also criticised the six EU countries with bans on biotech products already ap...