Ecolabeling and Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
CIEL is working to educate governmental officials on the importance of ecolabeling and the impact of trade rules on such labeling schemes.  CIEL also advises citizens' groups, such as the International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements (IFOAM) on the potential impact of trade rules on ecolabeling.   In preparation for the WTO Ministerial in Seattle, CIEL attorneys wrote a paper entitled Should the WTO Negotiate New Trade Rules in Genetically Modified Organisms.  Prior to the Biosafety Protocol meetings in February of 1999 and the WTO Ministerial, CIEL prepared An Activist's Handbook on Genetically Modified Organisms and the WTO, which was published by the Consumer's Choice Council.  CIEL has also conducted numerous briefings on ecolabeling and trade issues, including a workshop for national policy makers, businesses and NGOs at the May 1998 WTO Ministerial.  In 1997, CIEL published Applying Trade Rules to Timber Ecolabeling.  





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