Exploitation of poor continents must stop

CONCERN in Europe over genetically modified (GM) crops were dismissed on Monday as a “phantom fear” by eminent expatriate, Niall FitzGerald.

The chairman and joint chief executive of Unilever was at an IBEC conference in Dublin that dealt with the evils of regulation from a business perspective.

Their standpoint was self-serving and who can blame them for that? Less rather than more is good due to the huge savings that would accrue to European businesses. Europe is a monster in this case and ought to come closer into line with the US. How we in Europe compare with the US in the regulatory sense was the basic topic of discussion.