# Mexico embeds GM corn ban in food regs as USMCA dispute intensifies | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> Mexico is moving to embed its GM corn ban in national food production standards, including a revised standard for corn dough for tortillas that bars GM white corn. The step makes the prohibition harder to reverse than a presidential decree as the dispute enters its final phase with the US.

- Date: 2023-08-30 · published 2023-08-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/34542-mexico-embeds-gm-corn-ban-in-food-regs-as-usmca-dispute-intensifies-agri-pulse
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A codified ban makes a lasting loss of Mexican demand for biotech US corn more likely, which is bearish for US corn export prices over the longer term.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-10-26 | [Mexico quietly ruling on GMO traits as biotech corn ban looms \| 2022-10-25 \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39109-mexico-quietly-ruling-on-gmo-traits-as-biotech-corn-ban-looms-2022-10-25-agri.md) | -1.2% | -3.3% |
| CORN | 2020-08-14 | [Novak: Mexico heading down EU path on ag restrictions \| 2020-08-14  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51584-novak-mexico-heading-down-eu-path-on-ag-restrictions-2020-08-14-agri-pulse.md) | +0.7% | +7.2% |
| CORN | 2023-05-31 | [Pesticide, biotech industry meet with still no US action on Mexico  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35908-pesticide-biotech-industry-meet-with-still-no-us-action-on-mexico-agri-pulse.md) | -1.8% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2021-04-29 | [Opinion: The Biden administration should address Mexico’s bans on genetically engineered corn and glyphosate \| 2021-04-29  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47584-opinion-the-biden-administration-should-address-mexico-s-bans-on-genetically.md) | +5.9% | -6.0% |
| CORN | 2025-11-26 | [Trump has cut tariffs on fertilizer, but lower prices could remain elusive \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4470-trump-has-cut-tariffs-on-fertilizer-but-lower-prices-could-remain-elusive-agri.md) | +1.3% | +3.2% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/19875-mexico-embeds-gm-corn-ban-in-food-regs-as-usmca-dispute-intensifies

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