# 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

> US Representatives Feenstra and Kildee led a 19-colleague letter urging USTR and USDA to engage with new Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum over Mexico's ban on US GM corn. The letter notes corn was the largest US agricultural export to Mexico in 2023, at over $5 billion.

- Date: 2024-10-01 · published 2024-10-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/27819-feenstra-kildee-lead-letter-urging-usda-and-ustr-to-engage-with-newly-elected
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Pressure to resolve the dispute could reopen Mexican demand for US corn, but no policy change has yet taken effect, so the price impact is limited.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-06-08 | [Mexico wants to import non-GMO corn and US farmers say they can deliver it](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46592-mexico-wants-to-import-non-gmo-corn-and-us-farmers-say-they-can-deliver-it.md) | -2.0% | +2.4% |
| CORN | 2018-10-09 | [New Agreement with Canada and U.S. Is Win-Lose for Mexico \| Inter Press Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62510-new-agreement-with-canada-and-u-s-is-win-lose-for-mexico-inter-press-service.md) | +4.1% | +3.7% |
| CORN | 2024-04-16 | [Chairman Smith Opening Statement - Hearing with U.S. Trade Representative Tai - Ways and Means](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30704-chairman-smith-opening-statement-hearing-with-u-s-trade-representative-tai-ways.md) | -0.3% | +3.3% |
| CORN | 2025-11-11 | [GM corn and challenges to Mexico’s food sovereignty by Elizabeth Fitting - American Ethnological Society](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21929-gm-corn-and-challenges-to-mexico-s-food-sovereignty-by-elizabeth-fitting.md) | +2.0% | +3.2% |
| CORN | 2024-12-21 | [Mexican president confident Congress will ban planting GM corn in 2025 \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26959-mexican-president-confident-congress-will-ban-planting-gm-corn-in-2025-reuters.md) | +0.5% | +6.9% |

## Sources

- feenstra.house.gov: http://feenstra.house.gov/media/press-releases/feenstra-kildee-lead-letter-urging-usda-and-ustr-engage-newly-elected-mexican

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