# U.S. threatens legal steps over Mexico's planned GMO corn ban

> The United States threatened legal action on Monday against Mexico's planned ban on GM corn imports. The planned ban would halve Mexico's imports of U.S. yellow corn, according to a Mexican agriculture official.

- Date: 2022-11-29 · published 2022-11-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/38654-u-s-threatens-legal-steps-over-mexico-s-planned-gmo-corn-ban
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

A formal trade dispute under USMCA would add uncertainty to a market that takes about half of its yellow corn exports to Mexico. Threatened action raises the risk that the ban disrupts U.S. corn export flows.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- DDGS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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% |
| CORN | 2023-03-31 | [Mexico plans to ban all GMO corn. Now a key deadline looms as the U.S. pushes back](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36838-mexico-plans-to-ban-all-gmo-corn-now-a-key-deadline-looms-as-the-u-s-pushes-back.md) | -1.2% | -2.1% |
| CORN | 2023-04-03 | [Mexico plans to ban all GMO corn. Now a key deadline looms as the U.S. pushes back \| KOSU](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36384-mexico-plans-to-ban-all-gmo-corn-now-a-key-deadline-looms-as-the-u-s-pushes.md) | -1.6% | -4.0% |
| 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 | 2024-06-01 | [Impacts of Mexico’s Proposed GMO Ban for US and Global Corn Trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30210-impacts-of-mexico-s-proposed-gmo-ban-for-us-and-global-corn-trade.md) | -1.6% | -6.0% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/mexico-president-discuss-gmo-corn-with-us-ag-sec-2022-11-28/?taid=63854806c0850d000156b673

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