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04/28/2004:

"US opens fire on Europe's GM bans"

The US has demanded that the European Union drop its ban on genetically modified crops and pay at least $US1.8 billion ($A2.45 billion) in compensation for its loss of exports over the past six years.

The demand is made in papers filed to the World Trade Organisation. The WTO is now facing the biggest case in its history, one that could spark a damaging trade war between the US and Europe and split the international community. www.theage.com.au