John D. Conner, Jr.

John D. Conner, Jr., Jeffrey Li, Michael Boucher | McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

China is the largest market for genetically modified ("GM") crops from the U.S.1 As of 2005, China had approved for importation and processing varieties of GM canola, corn, cotton, and soybeans to be insect-resistant, herbicide-resistant, or both.2 Since 2002, China has imported 20 million metric...

John D. Conner, Jr., Jeffrey Li | McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

After the United States, China is the second largest producer of pesticides. China's steps to improve IP protection,1 its growing domestic and export agricultural market, lower manufacturing costs and recent efforts to harmonize its pesticide regulatory system have prompted U.S. and multinational...