We?re hoping that it is going to send a strong message to other WTO members that biotech approvals must be science-based and can?t take the amount of time that the EU has taken in approving their biotech products.

The significance of this (preliminary) decision is sending a strong message to all countries, about the importance in basing your decisions on science.

It shows that science has prevailed, which is a good step forward, and ... is going to prevent other countries from undertaking a similar kind of moratorium.

EU regulations are more complex than the moratorium --there's also traceability and labeling regulations.

One of the main reasons to bring the case was to prevent the loss of other important markets [for US agriculture exports].