Brazil Corn Exports to China Will Require ‘biotechnology equivalence’ Agreement

China and Brazil agreed to corn export protocols earlier this week, but Brazilian corn exports to China require an agreement about approved GMO varieties before effectively beginning, Brazilian corn growers association Abramilho said. The Chinese are keen to sign a “biotechnology equivalence” agreement for GMO corn to allow trade with Brazil, according to Abramilho’s Executive Director Glauber Silveira. “Now the second step is the approval of biotechnologies, which needs to be more agile,” Silveira said.