Argentine government favors farmers in dispute with Monsanto

Re:Argentine government favors farmers in dispute with Monsanto by hodwik on Thursday April 21, 2016 @03:14PM (#11544632)

Argentina is signatory to both the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants and the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, which is why Monsanto felt safe importing. Argentina is now going back on these treaties, which is why the Government should be stepping in here.

It's not Monsanto's job alone to defend international law.

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Re:Argentine government favors farmers in dispute with Monsanto by lettergram on Thursday April 21, 2016 @04:00PM (#11544956)

> It's not Monsanto's job alone to defend international law

There is not international law. Sure there are treaties, as you said, but Argentina produces a ton of food. If the U.S. does anything to darastic it will starve or at least decemate the economy.

Point being, the U.S. can do very little. Argentina has to be willing to uphold those treaties on its own or it will lose business (which is the incentive to uphold those treaties).

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Re:Argentine government favors farmers in dispute with Monsanto by gozur88 on Thursday April 21, 2016 @11:04PM (#11546808)

This is the second time I've read something like this in as many weeks. It's nonsense.

The US is a net food exporter to the tune of thirty million tons per year. If Argentina decided not to sell food to the US it would have no effect whatsoever.

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