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BRUSSELS — The European Union took a step Wednesday toward adapting its food production to the new ways of the world: The 27-nation bloc wants to embrace the latest gene techniques it hopes will help safely counter global challenges like climate change and shortages. However, the EU’s executive commission on Wednesday threw its weight behind so-called new genomic techniques, which …