>Based on decades of research, the resolution says that mother’s milk is healthiest for children and countries should strive to limit the inaccurate or misleading marketing of breast milk substitutes.
>Then the United States delegation, embracing the interests of infant formula manufacturers, upended the deliberations.
>American officials sought to water down the resolution by removing language that called on governments to “protect, promote and support breast-feeding” and another passage that called on policymakers to restrict the promotion of food products that many experts say can have deleterious effects on young children.
>When that failed, they turned to threats, according to diplomats and government officials who took part in the discussions. Ecuador, which had planned to introduce the measure, was the first to find itself in the cross hairs.
>The Americans were blunt: If Ecuador refused to drop the resolution, Washington would unleash punishing trade measures and withdraw crucial military aid. The Ecuadorean government quickly acquiesced.
>oy vey they want to pick the thing thats free and healthier! >shut it down!
Adrian Gray
When will Americans fuck off?
Ryan Evans
What Trump does is not "the art of the deal" at all
Easton Wright
Wtf america
Chase Perez
das rite. trump's not fucking around
Jace Nguyen
I don't know if they are retarded bullies or brilliant business men.
Henry Sanchez
Why the fuck would anyone be against breast-feeding?
Lucas Harris
to sell more mcmilk
Noah Morgan
>mericunts are the good guys
Tyler Lee
OY VEY
John Howard
fucking ecuador you had ONE job
Jace Johnson
Americans are so evil. I love them because of it.
Cameron Hughes
based and redpilled
Isaac Collins
>The showdown over the issue was recounted by more than a dozen participants from several countries, many of whom requested anonymity because they feared retaliation from the United States.
>Health advocates scrambled to find another sponsor for the resolution, but at least a dozen countries, most of them poor nations in Africa and Latin America, backed off, citing fears of retaliation, according to officials from Uruguay, Mexico and the United States.
Kayden Russell
>In the end, the Americans’ efforts were mostly unsuccessful. It was the Russians who ultimately stepped in to introduce the measure — and the Americans did not threaten them.
OH NO NO NO
Brandon Sanders
Not that weird. Many developed nations do that stuff.
Zachary Lee
The rightful heir to Perfidious Albion's throne.
Jace Collins
America is literally just a tool for the corporate elite to become more rich and powerful. Prove me wrong.
