The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) noted that biotechnology helps reduce food insecurity. From its perspective, modern biotechnology can significantly increase agricultural production by protecting plants from factors that reduce yields, such as pests, diseases, spoilage, climate change and extreme weather conditions. Up to 40% of the world’s agricultural
In recent decades, accelerated by the coming of age of the millennial generation, there has been a shift toward favoring life experience over material goods, according to Clover Leaf Capital Corp. Numerous studies have found that spending money on life experiences brings people more lasting joy than spending
The U.S. government presented 14 defense arguments in a controversy over restrictions on GM corn imports to Mexico. Because Mexico banned the use of GM corn in tortillas or dough, the White House Trade Representative (USTR) initiated a panel under the Mexico-U.S.-Canada Agreement (USMCA). At the same time,
Mexico has issued more than 200 event authorizations for 11 different GM crops (alfalfa, canola, two types of cotton, corn, maize, lemon, potato, rice, soybean, sugar beet and tomato). Notably, the number of authorizations for corn (scientific name, Zea mays) alone nearly equals the number of authorizations for
The digital economy has become one of the fundamental pillars of qualitative economic development, highlighted QMMM Holdings Limited. With the rapid innovation and application of digital technologies such as cloud computing, mobile internet, big data and artificial intelligence, the digital economy is becoming an important engine for global
The U.S. labor market remains fairly robust and added more than 700,000 net new jobs during the third quarter of 2023. In recent months, the U3 unemployment rate rose slightly to 3.8 percent, while the labor force participation rate held steady at approximately 62.8 percent. Average hourly earnings