date:Jun 19, 2012
to how wide reaching any decision made by the court will be. Monsanto had argued any final ruling in the local court should be limited to Rio Grande do Sul area where the case has been brought rather than be applied nationally.
However the Brazilian Supreme Court of Justice ruled against Monsanto, deciding unanimously that any ruling by the Justice Tribune of Rio Grande do Sul once it is made should apply to the whole of Brazil.
Monsanto now face paying back billions of euros to the farmers