RT News: A cargo of 59,100 tons was turned away on Tuesday in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang after quarantine officials found MIR 162 -- an insect-resistant GMO strain which the country's agriculture ministry has yet to warrant, Reuters cited an official as saying.
China, the world's second largest corn consumer, has refused 180,000 tons of grain since mid-November. Observers believe it has less to do with the corn and more to do with other trade quarrels between the two countries.
"It is really causing big trouble and it seems to be related to bilateral trade conflicts," a domestic corn trader told Reuters.
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