# US counters Mexican arguments on GE corn ban | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> The US filed a sharply worded rebuttal in the USMCA dispute over Mexico's ban on imports of genetically engineered white corn, posted April 30. The US argues Mexico's tortilla corn ban and substitution instruction lack scientific basis and violate USMCA obligations. The dispute panel is scheduled to issue its final report June 20.

- Date: 2024-05-08 · published 2024-05-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/30209-us-counters-mexican-arguments-on-ge-corn-ban-agri-pulse-communications-inc
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A ruling against Mexico would open the door to restored US corn exports to Mexico, the largest buyer of US corn, supporting US corn demand; continued restrictions risk shifting sourcing and weighing on US corn basis.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-11-30 | [Mexico floats flexibility for imports of US feed corn, but not white corn \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38651-mexico-floats-flexibility-for-imports-of-us-feed-corn-but-not-white-corn-agri.md) | -3.9% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2024-12-20 | [USMCA dispute panel rules Mexico’s biotech corn ban is unjustified \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26960-usmca-dispute-panel-rules-mexico-s-biotech-corn-ban-is-unjustified-agri-pulse.md) | +1.5% | +6.9% |
| CORN | 2020-02-25 | [US: China lifts some trade barriers in phase one \| 2020-02-25  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54479-us-china-lifts-some-trade-barriers-in-phase-one-2020-02-25-agri-pulse.md) | +0.4% | -4.8% |
| CORN | 2022-06-08 | [Yellen critical of US tariffs on China \| 2022-06-08 \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14923-yellen-critical-of-us-tariffs-on-china-2022-06-08-agri-pulse-communications-inc.md) | -1.5% | -0.6% |
| CORN | 2025-01-22 | [Can the phase one deal shield U.S. farmers from tariff retaliation?  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14690-can-the-phase-one-deal-shield-u-s-farmers-from-tariff-retaliation-agri-pulse.md) | -0.8% | +3.8% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/21069-us-counters-mexican-arguments-on-ge-corn-ban

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