No free trade agreement if charges of espionage are true, warns EU Commissioner

Re:No free trade agreement if charges of espionage are true,... by ihsw on Sunday June 30, 2013 @07:04PM (#5967654)

I may not be able to speak for anybody else but I find the GMO debate has many parties with multiple (even conflicting) goals. Personally the primary opposition I have with GMO is the very murky patent environment. It's no secret that Monsanto engages in patent warfare and manipulates legal systems across the world to stamp out competition.

GMO foods can bring about a revolution to the world because it's an interesting intersection between engineering and biology.

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Re:No free trade agreement if charges of espionage are true,... by burntsushi on Sunday June 30, 2013 @11:04PM (#5968398)

> Personally the primary opposition I have with GMO is the very murky patent environment. It's no secret that Monsanto engages in patent warfare and manipulates legal systems across the world to stamp out competition.

I just don't see what that has to do with GMO. Your beef is with the IP system. It's like saying software sucks because software companies abuse the patent system.

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