# U.S., Mexico talk tech as corn fight flares up   - POLITICO

> Mexico's undersecretary for agriculture, Víctor Suárez Carrera, said Mexico will pursue three strategies to reduce imports of GM yellow corn from the US. These include boosting non-GM yellow corn output, promoting crops like cassava and fodder beets as animal feed substitutes, and encouraging buyers to contract non-GM US corn.

- Date: 2023-10-02 · published 2023-10-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/33592-u-s-mexico-talk-tech-as-corn-fight-flares-up-politico
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

If Mexico successfully substitutes domestic feed crops and shifts buyers to non-GM supply, US yellow corn demand from its largest market could shrink over time, a bearish factor for corn prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-06-06 | [US takes next step in Mexico GM corn fight \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35485-us-takes-next-step-in-mexico-gm-corn-fight-world-grain.md) | +5.1% | -3.8% |
| CORN | 2017-07-07 | [Japan Edges Mexico for No. 1 Spot as U.S. Corn Buyer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69913-japan-edges-mexico-for-no-1-spot-as-u-s-corn-buyer.md) | -4.4% | -3.6% |
| CORN | 2025-03-04 | [U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soy futures slide as trade tensions flare](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8145-u-s-grains-corn-wheat-soy-futures-slide-as-trade-tensions-flare.md) | +3.2% | +4.7% |
| CORN | 2023-03-06 | [U.S. demands formal talks with Mexico over GMO corn dispute](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36834-u-s-demands-formal-talks-with-mexico-over-gmo-corn-dispute.md) | -1.2% | +1.1% |
| CORN | 2023-05-31 | [Update on Mexico's GMO Corn Ban - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35907-update-on-mexico-s-gmo-corn-ban-agweb.md) | -1.8% | +0.1% |

## Sources

- politico.com: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/weekly-trade/2023/10/02/u-s-mexico-talk-tech-as-corn-fight-flares-up-00119413

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