- Mexico bans planting of GM corn, sparking potential U.S. tensions
- President Sheinbaum’s reform brands native corn as national identity
- Mexico’s Agricultural Markets Consulting Group (GCMA) warns of U.S. retaliatory measures over GM corn restrictions
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The initiative by President Claudia Sheinbaum comes after a trade-dispute panel ruled in December that Mexico’s restrictions on GM corn, mostly imported from the United States, violate the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
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[T]he government’s decision to strengthen its position against GM corn generates “uncertainty” in the relationship with the United States, its primary source of yellow corn imports, which are mainly dedicated to livestock feed.
