By Hallie Gu and Shivani Singh
By Hallie Gu and Shivani Singh
BEIJING, Dec 30 (Reuters) – China accepted two new genetically modified (GM) crops for import on Monday that might enhance agricultural purchases from america, whereas renewing permits for 10 others, the agriculture ministry stated.
The transfer comes after Beijing and Washington agreed to signal a Section 1 commerce deal earlier this month. The US has demanded that China change its GM crop import software course of to make it extra clear, well timed and primarily based on scientific strategies.
China has additionally agreed to import extra farm items from the U.S. below the preliminary deal.
The 2 new GM crops accepted have been Corteva AgriScience’s CTVA.N DAS-81419-2 soybean and 55-1 papaya, collectively developed by america Division of Agriculture and Hawaii College.
Corteva was the agricultural unit of DowDuPont previous to being spun off as an unbiased public firm.
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