USG + Monsanto Push on Spain and France, Lobby the Pope

“The US embassy in Paris advised Washington to start a military-style trade war against any Euroxpean Union country which opposed genetically modified (GM) crops, newly released WikiLeaks cables show… In other newly released cables, US diplomats around the world are found to have pushed GM crops as a strategic government and commercial imperative… Cables from the US embassy in the Vatican show that the US believes the pope is broadly supportive of the crops after sustained lobbying of senior Holy See advisers, but regrets that he has not yet stated his support… Opportunities exist to press the issue with the Vatican, and in turn to influence a wide segment of the population in Europe and the developing world,” says [one cable]….”