# Corn President Says Trade Barriers To Ag Biotech Must Be Lifted | Radio 570 WNAX

> House Agriculture Committee members wrote to USTR Katherine Tai and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack about non-tariff barriers on agricultural biotechnology. Iowa Corn Growers president Carl Jardon said Mexico has not approved a biotech product in over three years and China is delaying import approvals.

- Date: 2021-09-07 · published 2021-09-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45054-corn-president-says-trade-barriers-to-ag-biotech-must-be-lifted-radio-570-wnax
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Stalled biotech approvals in China and Mexico could restrict U.S. corn and soybean trade over time, though the immediate price effect is small.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-06-19 | [Trade Matters–A Whole Lot \| SD Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58599-trade-matters-a-whole-lot-sd-corn.md) | +1.3% | -1.6% |
| CORN | 2022-10-28 | [Vilsack 'confident' in US corn exports to Mexico despite reported expansion of biotech ban \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39107-vilsack-confident-in-us-corn-exports-to-mexico-despite-reported-expansion-of.md) | -2.5% | -2.0% |
| CORN | 2017-04-18 | [Kansas Corn Growers Look to Mexico as Top Trade Partner - KS Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71467-kansas-corn-growers-look-to-mexico-as-top-trade-partner-ks-corn.md) | -0.6% | +1.5% |
| CORN | 2020-02-04 | ['Tough year,' says Perdue as USDA boosts trade-war payments to $14.5 billion](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54578-tough-year-says-perdue-as-usda-boosts-trade-war-payments-to-14-5-billion.md) | -0.2% | -0.9% |
| CORN | 2023-12-11 | [Presidential election in Mexico could change corn policy, says Vilsack](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32696-presidential-election-in-mexico-could-change-corn-policy-says-vilsack.md) | +1.0% | -0.7% |

## Sources

- wnax.com: https://wnax.com/news/180081-corn-president-says-trade-barriers-to-ag-biotech-must-be-lifted/

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