Obama Nominates Pesticide Executive to Be Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the US Trade Representative

Democracy Now by Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, Amy Goodman | Nov. 17, 2009 (Interview)

(Video) President Obama’s nominee for the Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the office of the US Trade Representative, Islam Siddiqui is currently a vice president at CropLife America, a coalition of the major industrial players in the pesticide industry, including Syngenta, Monsanto, and Dow Chemical. Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Nov. 22, 2009

A violation of campaign promises is reported, and the objections to the appointment are sketched.

a coalition of over eighty environmental, family farm and consumer groups sent a letter to the Senate Finance Committee urging them to reject his nomination.

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