# Tense Exchange on US-Mexico Corn Dispute at House Ways and Means Hearing | American Ag Network

> At a Ways and Means hearing, Rep. Adrian Smith pressed USTR Katherine Tai on the USMCA dispute over Mexico's phase-out of US yellow corn and ban on GM white corn for human use. Tai said the US is actively litigating the case, while Smith said the White House has been silent on it.

- Date: 2024-04-18 · published 2024-04-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/30707-tense-exchange-on-us-mexico-corn-dispute-at-house-ways-and-means-hearing
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Continued dispute without resolution leaves Mexican demand for US yellow corn at risk over the longer term, but no immediate change in trade flows results from the exchange.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-10-01 | [The Corn Dispute at the Heart of US–Mexico Agricultural Trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17432-the-corn-dispute-at-the-heart-of-us-mexico-agricultural-trade.md) | -1.2% | -6.7% |
| CORN | 2024-02-14 | [Hearing set for late June on U.S.-Mexico corn dispute - Texas Farm Bureau](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31646-hearing-set-for-late-june-on-u-s-mexico-corn-dispute-texas-farm-bureau.md) | +0.5% | +3.9% |
| CORN | 2023-06-24 | [Mexico imposes 50% tariff on white corn imports amid trade dispute with U.S. and Canada \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35482-mexico-imposes-50-tariff-on-white-corn-imports-amid-trade-dispute-with-u-s-and.md) | -8.7% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2024-03-11 | [Mexico Challenges US Claims in GM Corn Dispute](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31181-mexico-challenges-us-claims-in-gm-corn-dispute.md) | +1.7% | -4.3% |
| CORN | 2017-11-18 | [NAFTA: US-grown corn threatens Mexican crop heritage \| Business and Economy \| Al Jazeera](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67969-nafta-us-grown-corn-threatens-mexican-crop-heritage-business-and-economy-al.md) | -0.8% | +5.0% |

## Sources

- americanagnetwork.com: https://www.americanagnetwork.com/2024/04/18/tense-exchange-on-us-mexico-corn-dispute-at-house-ways-and-means-hearing/

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