Seed company Syngenta said it expects China will approve “in the near future” a genetically engineered corn variety that is at the root of a dispute over shipments of U.S. corn to the Asian giant, says Dow Jones. China has rejected hundreds of thousands of tonnes of U.S. corn because it contained the Syngenta strain. Based in Geneva, Syngenta requested approval of the strain, known as MIR 162, in 2010. The company has sold the seed to U.S. growers since receiving U.S. approval in 2011. Dozens of lawsuits have been filed because of the rejected cargoes.