Biotechnology
As members of the Miami Group, the U.S. and Argentina have worked together to protect the Earth's biological diversity without disrupting world food trade. The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety negotiated in January 2000 in Montreal will regulate, upon entry into force, trade and other transboundary movement of products modified by genetic engineering.
In the U.S., biotechnology is regulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In Argentina, the National Advisory Committee on Agricultural Biosafety (Comision Nacional Asesora de Biotecnologia Agropecuaria, CONABIA) advises the Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries on the design and management of regulations concerning the introduction and environmental release of transgenic material.