Viewpoint: Are the U.S. and Europe headed towards a repudiation of agricultural biotechnology red tape? Emily Bass | July 28, 2026

Viewpoint: Are the U.S. and Europe headed towards a repudiation of agricultural biotechnology red tape? Emily Bass | July 28, 2026 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/07/28/viewpoint-are-the-u-s-and-europe-headed-towards-a-repudiation-of-agricultural-biotechnology-red-tape/ 2026 may well be remembered as the year global agriculture began to untangle itself from decades of precautionary red tape. Earlier this year, the agricultural biotechnology landscape shifted in two places that have long defined opposite poles of the regulatory debate: the European Union, historically the home of exceedingly precautionary biotech rules, and the United States, a pro-innovation leader now eyeing a massive regulatory overhaul.