# US strategizes while Mexico erects defenses on potential GM corn case | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> The Biden administration is quietly preparing a formal USMCA challenge to Mexico's ban on GM white corn. Mexico has reversed earlier rejections of US biotech seed trait applications and says its decree preserves commercial flows.

- Date: 2023-05-10 · published 2023-05-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/35909-us-strategizes-while-mexico-erects-defenses-on-potential-gm-corn-case-agri
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A possible formal dispute threatens US corn shipments to Mexico, a key outlet for US corn. Mexico's trait approvals may ease near-term trade flows, leaving the outcome uncertain.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-04-05 | [Mexico makes its case against GM white corn \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36381-mexico-makes-its-case-against-gm-white-corn-agri-pulse-communications-inc.md) | -0.1% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2023-04-12 | [USTR faces option of dispute with Mexico over GM white corn \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36383-ustr-faces-option-of-dispute-with-mexico-over-gm-white-corn-agri-pulse.md) | +0.7% | -0.9% |
| CORN | 2023-01-19 | [Taylor: US tells Mexico biotech corn restrictions won’t stand \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37747-taylor-us-tells-mexico-biotech-corn-restrictions-won-t-stand-agri-pulse.md) | -1.6% | -1.2% |
| CORN | 2023-11-29 | [US files missive against Mexico’s GE corn ban before dispute panel \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33143-us-files-missive-against-mexico-s-ge-corn-ban-before-dispute-panel-agri-pulse.md) | +3.8% | +6.1% |
| CORN | 2023-05-17 | [Mexican argument that corn ban does no harm meets opposition \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35911-mexican-argument-that-corn-ban-does-no-harm-meets-opposition-agri-pulse.md) | +2.4% | +0.5% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/19373-us-strategizes-while-mexico-erects-defenses-on-potential-gm-corn-case

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