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Frontiers of international commerce

So, your trading partners don't want you to ship them a type of GM corn? No problem! Ooops, we "mislabeled" it! And, no, we're not going to actually tell our trading partners that we're shipping them a sort of frankencorn that doesn't even have US regulatory approval, because that would imply that the B*sh junta made a mistake.

Naturally, the US government is shocked and horrified when the UK decided to block all imports of US corn just because the US government didn't bother to actually tell anyone about the "mislabelling". After all, it's traditional to just cover up and cover up until some magazine spills the beans.

Go ahead -- Lie to your trading partners! After all, it's the American Way™!

(happy economic news via Suburban Guerrilla)