# United States Establishes USMCA Dispute Panel on Mexico’s Agricultural Biotechnology Measures | United States Trade Representative

> The USTR announced it is establishing a USMCA dispute settlement panel to challenge Mexico's February 2023 decree banning biotech corn in tortillas and dough and instructing agencies to phase out biotech corn in all human-consumption and animal-feed products. The US says the measures are not science-based and violate Mexico's USMCA market access commitments.

- Date: 2023-08-17 · published 2023-08-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/34536-united-states-establishes-usmca-dispute-panel-on-mexico-s-agricultural
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Mexico is the second-largest export market for US corn, so a potential phase-out of biotech corn in animal feed threatens yellow corn demand and could weigh on US corn export prices if the dispute escalates.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- DDGS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-06-09 | [WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: U.S. Requests USMCA Dispute Settlement Consultations on Mexico’s Agricultural Biotechnology Measures \| United States Trade Representative](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35479-what-they-are-saying-u-s-requests-usmca-dispute-settlement-consultations-on.md) | +4.4% | -4.7% |
| CORN | 2023-06-02 | [United States Requests USMCA Dispute Settlement Consultations on Mexico’s Agricultural Biotechnology Measures \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35480-united-states-requests-usmca-dispute-settlement-consultations-on-mexico-s.md) | -1.5% | -3.9% |
| CORN | 2023-03-06 | [WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: USTR Announces USMCA Technical Consultations with Mexico on Agricultural Biotechnology \| United States Trade Representative](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36833-what-they-are-saying-ustr-announces-usmca-technical-consultations-with-mexico.md) | -1.2% | +1.1% |
| CORN | 2021-11-17 | [Mexico Measures on Agricultural Biotechnology Letter \| mobio.org](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44038-mexico-measures-on-agricultural-biotechnology-letter-mobio-org.md) | +1.0% | +3.9% |
| CORN | 2024-11-21 | [EXPLAINER \| United States Awaits USMCA Dispute Panel Report on Mexico's Genetically Engineered Corn Decree \| Wilson Center](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27395-explainer-united-states-awaits-usmca-dispute-panel-report-on-mexico-s.md) | -3.5% | +1.6% |

## Sources

- ustr.gov: https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2023/august/united-states-establishes-usmca-dispute-panel-mexicos-agricultural-biotechnology-measures

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