# As Mexico changes leader, lawmakers, BIO highlight corn ban

> Congressional members and BIO urged US officials to resolve the dispute over Mexico's planned biotech corn ban as Sheinbaum took office. Her incoming agriculture minister said the decree will stay in force, including an immediate ban on biotech corn for dough and tortillas. A USMCA panel ruling could come soon.

- Date: 2024-10-04 · published 2024-10-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/27820-as-mexico-changes-leader-lawmakers-bio-highlight-corn-ban
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Continued enforcement of the ban threatens US white and GM corn sales to Mexico, but the USMCA panel ruling could resolve the uncertainty and shift export expectations.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-09-26 | [U.S. farmers urge Washington to challenge Mexico's looming ban on GM corn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39578-u-s-farmers-urge-washington-to-challenge-mexico-s-looming-ban-on-gm-corn.md) | -1.4% | +2.6% |
| CORN | 2021-07-26 | [Winners and losers in Mexico's GM corn ban - Alliance for Science](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46047-winners-and-losers-in-mexico-s-gm-corn-ban-alliance-for-science.md) | -0.5% | -2.0% |
| CORN | 2021-06-19 | [After Mexican GM corn import ban, American farmers ask: What now? - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46586-after-mexican-gm-corn-import-ban-american-farmers-ask-what-now-high-plains.md) | -3.3% | -8.0% |
| CORN | 2022-10-28 | [BIO: Mexico's Biotech Corn Ban Will Cause Food Security Crisis \| BIO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39112-bio-mexico-s-biotech-corn-ban-will-cause-food-security-crisis-bio.md) | -2.5% | -2.0% |
| CORN | 2021-06-10 | [Court throws out legal challenge to Mexico’s GMO corn ban as U.S. suppliers say they can supply non-GMO corn - The Organic & Non-GMO Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46588-court-throws-out-legal-challenge-to-mexico-s-gmo-corn-ban-as-u-s-suppliers-say.md) | -1.8% | -2.6% |

## Sources

- bio.news: https://bio.news/agriculture/as-mexico-changes-presidents-house-members-urge-action-on-corn-ban/

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