# U.S., Mexican Agriculture Secretaries Meet to Address Shared Priorities  - U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Mexico

> Agriculture Secretaries Tom Vilsack and Victor Villalobos met to discuss trade, science-based policy and climate-smart production. They announced completion of plant health protocols that will expand US table stock and chipping potato access to the entire Mexican market by May 15.

- Date: 2022-04-05 · published 2022-04-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41806-u-s-mexican-agriculture-secretaries-meet-to-address-shared-priorities-u-s
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

The potato access expansion is a niche trade gain with little direct effect on feed commodities, so the impact on grain and oilseed prices is minimal.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-09-07 | [Mexico presses to open Canadian, U.S. agricultural export markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68924-mexico-presses-to-open-canadian-u-s-agricultural-export-markets.md) | -1.8% | +3.2% |
| CORN | 2021-10-20 | [The U.S. agriculture secretary says Mexico’s GMO ban won’t hurt corn exports \| KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44530-the-u-s-agriculture-secretary-says-mexico-s-gmo-ban-won-t-hurt-corn-exports.md) | +1.6% | +10.0% |
| CORN | 2022-04-01 | [Retaliatory Tariffs Reduced U.S. States’ Exports of Agricultural Commodities](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42258-retaliatory-tariffs-reduced-u-s-states-exports-of-agricultural-commodities.md) | +3.3% | +5.2% |
| CORN | 2017-03-23 | [Wary of Protectionism, U.S. Agriculture Wages Charm Offensive to Save Mexican Exports – Foreign Policy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71980-wary-of-protectionism-u-s-agriculture-wages-charm-offensive-to-save-mexican.md) | +0.2% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2023-02-14 | [U.S. 'disappointed' in Mexico's new GMO corn decree -ag secretary](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37294-u-s-disappointed-in-mexico-s-new-gmo-corn-decree-ag-secretary.md) | -0.8% | -5.8% |

## Sources

- mx.usembassy.gov: https://mx.usembassy.gov/u-s-mexican-agriculture-secretaries-meet-to-address-shared-priorities/

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