# Calls Increase for U.S. Trade Representative to Act on Mexico’s Pending Decree on Corn Imports

> The National Corn Growers Association is pressing the US Trade Representative to file a USMCA dispute over Mexico's decree ending imports of biotech corn by 2024. NCGA president Tom Haag argued in The Hill that the decree would halt US corn exports to Mexico suddenly.

- Date: 2022-10-24 · published 2022-10-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39108-calls-increase-for-u-s-trade-representative-to-act-on-mexico-s-pending-decree
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A possible USMCA dispute could delay or reverse the import cutoff, but until resolved the threat to US corn export demand keeps prices under pressure.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-02-14 | ['No Mas' to U.S. Corn Imports, Mexico Senator Says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72496-no-mas-to-u-s-corn-imports-mexico-senator-says.md) | -0.2% | -2.4% |
| CORN | 2022-02-09 | [Activists push for Mexico’s GM corn ban to include imports \| Agriculture News \| Al Jazeera](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42667-activists-push-for-mexico-s-gm-corn-ban-to-include-imports-agriculture-news-al.md) | +0.5% | +15.2% |
| CORN | 2020-10-07 | [Mexico plans to ban GM corn imports, stirring potential conflict with U.S. - The Organic & Non-GMO Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50621-mexico-plans-to-ban-gm-corn-imports-stirring-potential-conflict-with-u-s-the.md) | +2.0% | +6.5% |
| CORN | 2021-01-05 | [Mexico bans GMO corn, plans to phase out imports \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49126-mexico-bans-gmo-corn-plans-to-phase-out-imports-feed-strategy.md) | +3.1% | +14.6% |
| CORN | 2022-03-22 | [Iowa Ag Secretary focused on GM corn ban during recent trade mission to Mexico - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42276-iowa-ag-secretary-focused-on-gm-corn-ban-during-recent-trade-mission-to-mexico.md) | +2.8% | +8.6% |

## Sources

- ncga.com: https://www.ncga.com/stay-informed/media/in-the-news/article/2022/10/calls-increase-for-u-s-trade-representative-to-act-on-mexico-s-pending-decree-on-corn-imports

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