Will a trade deal lead to more GMOs in your food?

Will a trade deal lead to more GMOs in your food?

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Liberals fighting tooth and nail against White House efforts to finalize a sweeping global trade deal have found another hot-button issue to rally around—genetically modified foods.

Rep. Peter DeFazio—a progressive Democrat and vocal critic of President Obama’s trade push and so-called “fast-track” legislation that would act as a blueprint for any agreement—along with environmental and food-safety groups Friends of the Earth, the Center for Food Safety, and Food and Water Watch say that negotiations could undercut efforts in the United States and abroad to label GMOs.

Will a trade deal lead to more GMOs in your food?

-National Journal 5/6/2015

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