孟山都在美國七州被調查

孟山都在美國七州被調查
Monsanto Under Investigation by Seven US States
By Ken Roseboro, ed.
The Organic and Non-GMO Report, April 2010

At least seven US state attorneys general are investigating whether Monsanto Company has abused its market power to lock out competitors and raise prices on seed. Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Texas, Virginia, and two other unidentified states are in a working group to investigate the biotech giant.
至少7個美國的州檢察長正在調查，孟山都公司是否濫用它的市場力量去封鎖競爭對手，和提高種子價格。愛荷華州，伊利諾斯州，俄亥俄州，得克薩斯，弗吉尼亞和另外兩個未辨明的州，都在一個工作小組去調查生物科技巨頭。
The states are probing whether Monsanto violated laws by offering rebates to seed distributors for excluding rival seeds, imposing limits on combining the product with other genetic modifications, or offering cash incentives to switch farmers to more expensive generation of seed varieties.
那些州正在調查，孟山都提供回扣給種子經銷商以排除種子對手，施加限制於產品結合其它轉基因，或提供現金獎勵去轉流農民改用更昂貴的新一代種子品種，是否違反法律。
The state investigations add to pressure on Monsanto. The US Justice Department is investigating the company's marketing practices, and DuPont Company has accused Monsanto of anti-competitive practices in licensing litigation.
國家調查增加孟山都壓力，美國司法部正在調查該公司的營銷手法，和杜邦公司已指控孟山都在領牌訴訟的反競爭手法。
Daniel Sokol, a law professor at the University of Florida and expert on antitrust matters, told Bloomberg News that a state-level investigation on top of the federal probe "can lengthen the lawsuit and potential settlements and can increase uncertainty and costs for Monsanto."
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_20567.cfm

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