# Mexican president confident Congress will ban planting GM corn in 2025 | Reuters

> Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she expects Congress to approve a ban on planting genetically modified corn early in 2025. The statement followed the USMCA panel ruling that Mexico's restrictions on US GM corn imports violate the trade agreement.

- Date: 2024-12-21 · published 2024-12-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26959-mexican-president-confident-congress-will-ban-planting-gm-corn-in-2025-reuters
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A domestic planting ban would not necessarily block GM corn imports, so direct effects on US corn exports are limited, though it adds policy uncertainty for corn trade.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-03-21 | [Ongoing Debate: The Prohibition of GMO Corn in Mexico \| Wilson Center](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25527-ongoing-debate-the-prohibition-of-gmo-corn-in-mexico-wilson-center.md) | -4.7% | +0.6% |
| CORN | 2022-03-03 | [Mexico prohibits planting of GM corn, but stops short of banning imports \| Dialogue Earth](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42275-mexico-prohibits-planting-of-gm-corn-but-stops-short-of-banning-imports.md) | -0.0% | +7.3% |
| CORN | 2019-05-28 | [What type of tortillas should the Mexican president like? - The Organic & Non-GMO Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59070-what-type-of-tortillas-should-the-mexican-president-like-the-organic-and-non.md) | +2.6% | +8.8% |
| CORN | 2025-04-30 | [Mexico Bans GM Corn Cultivation in Constitutional Reform: Action Follows Trade Ruling That Ignored Evidence of Genetic Contamination \| Inter Press Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25097-mexico-bans-gm-corn-cultivation-in-constitutional-reform-action-follows-trade.md) | -1.7% | +0.6% |
| CORN | 2024-10-01 | [Feenstra, Kildee Lead Letter Urging USDA and USTR to Engage with Newly Elected Mexican President over Mexico’s Ban on American Corn Imports \| Representative Randy Feenstra](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27819-feenstra-kildee-lead-letter-urging-usda-and-ustr-to-engage-with-newly-elected.md) | +0.2% | -2.4% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/mexican-president-confident-congress-will-ban-planting-gm-corn-2025-2024-12-21/

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