# Mexico Measures on Agricultural Biotechnology Letter | mobio.org

> A coalition of US agricultural organizations sent a letter to President Biden on November 17 raising concerns about Mexico's agricultural biotechnology policy. They argue the policy is out of step with Mexico's commitments under the USMCA. The letter asks the administration to press these trade barriers in key export markets.

- Date: 2021-11-17 · published 2021-11-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44038-mexico-measures-on-agricultural-biotechnology-letter-mobio-org
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Trade barriers on biotech crops could reduce US corn and soybean export volumes to Mexico, the largest buyer of US corn, which weighs on US feed grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-08-17 | [United States Establishes USMCA Dispute Panel on Mexico’s Agricultural Biotechnology Measures \| United States Trade Representative](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34536-united-states-establishes-usmca-dispute-panel-on-mexico-s-agricultural.md) | +1.2% | -1.4% |
| CORN | 2023-06-02 | [United States Requests USMCA Dispute Settlement Consultations on Mexico’s Agricultural Biotechnology Measures \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35480-united-states-requests-usmca-dispute-settlement-consultations-on-mexico-s.md) | -1.5% | -3.9% |
| CORN | 2023-06-09 | [WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: U.S. Requests USMCA Dispute Settlement Consultations on Mexico’s Agricultural Biotechnology Measures \| United States Trade Representative](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35479-what-they-are-saying-u-s-requests-usmca-dispute-settlement-consultations-on.md) | +4.4% | -4.7% |
| CORN | 2023-03-06 | [WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: USTR Announces USMCA Technical Consultations with Mexico on Agricultural Biotechnology \| United States Trade Representative](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36833-what-they-are-saying-ustr-announces-usmca-technical-consultations-with-mexico.md) | -1.2% | +1.1% |
| CORN | 2026-06-16 | [US, Mexican officials to discuss agriculture, energy as Trump casts doubt on trade deal \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18755-us-mexican-officials-to-discuss-agriculture-energy-as-trump-casts-doubt-on.md) | -0.8% | +0.2% |

## Sources

- mobio.org: https://www.mobio.org/mexico-measures-on-agricultural-biotechnology-letter

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