Kantor, M

<p><font size="+1">Michael (Mickey) Kantor. . . former Secretary of the United States Department of Commerce and former Trade Representative of the United States . . . now member of the board of directors of Monsanto Corporation.</font></p>

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<a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5789238">http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5789238</a></p>

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<b>But the company may have secured its biggest coup in 1997, when it brought onto its board Mickey Kantor, the former secretary of commerce and one of Bill Clinton's closest advisers. Kantor joined two other Washington insiders on the Monsanto board--William Ruckleshaus, former director of the EPA, and Gwendolyn King, former head of the Social Security Administration. Monsanto compensates its directors handsomely: Kantor receives nearly $100,000 a year. But that relatively small investment brings Monsanto lucrative returns. It was Kantor who opened the doors to the White House and pushed the administration to pressure the EU over Monsanto's genetically engineered grain. Kantor's new law firm, Mayer, Brown & Platt, watches out for the company's interests in matters of international trade, food safety and product labeling. Prior to Kantor's arrival at the firm in 1997, one of Mayer, Brown & Platt's top lobbyists was Daley, whom Clinton tapped to fill Kantor's spot in the cabinet. In that capacity, he has led the charge for Monsanto on several continents. </b></p>

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<div align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><i>Published in the March 7, 1999 issue of <a href="http://www.inthesetimes.com/">In These Times</a> </i></font></div>

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<div align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="5"><b>The Monsanto Machine </b></font></div>

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<div align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>by Jeffrey St. Clair</b></font></div>

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<a href="http://">http://www.commondreams.org/headlines/090300-03.htm</a></p>