Pimping for Monsanto and DuPont

hey... aren't governments supposed to go to bat for the interest of their corporate "citizens"... after all, what's good for monsanto and dupont MUST be good for the country, right...? RIGHT...? just say yes...

truthout...

Dozens of United States diplomatic cables released in the latest WikiLeaks dump on Wednesday reveal new details of the US effort to push foreign governments to approve genetically engineered (GE) crops and promote the worldwide interests of agribusiness giants like Monsanto and DuPont.

The cables further confirm previous Truthout reports on the diplomatic pressure the US has put on Spain and France, two countries with powerful anti-GE crop movements, to speed up their biotech approval process and quell anti-GE sentiment within the European Union (EU).

Several cables describe "biotechnology outreach programs" in countries across the globe, including African, Asian and South American countries where Western biotech agriculture had yet to gain a foothold. In some cables (such as this 2010 cable from Morocco) US diplomats ask the State Department for funds to send US biotech experts and trade industry representatives to target countries for discussions with high-profile politicians and agricultural officials.

gee... at least with ge products, it's only a DIPLOMATIC initiative as opposed to an outright declaration of WAR like we tend to do on behalf of the oil companies... oh, wait... we're probably working up to going to war over food though, aren't we...? maybe tomorrow...

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