In May 2003 the US, Argentina and Canada, urged on by their industry lobbies, complained to the WTO about Europe`s moratorium on GM approvals, imposed in October 1998. The final act of a controversy over GM crops that sets America against Europe unfolds today in Geneva. The World Trade Organisation will hear the closing arguments in a case where the public authority of both the European commission and the WTO is at stake.</p><p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1419841,00.html">The Guardian: A bitter harvest</a>