# Why Mexico's phaseout of glyphosate and GMO corn may help to reverse years of U.S. trade policy

> Commentary argues that Mexico's phase-out of glyphosate and GMO corn could address damage from NAFTA-era US trade policy. The piece discusses the decree's aims in the context of Mexico being the largest US agricultural trading partner.

- Date: 2021-07-19 · published 2021-07-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46046-why-mexico-s-phaseout-of-glyphosate-and-gmo-corn-may-help-to-reverse-years-of-u
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

This is opinion and background on the policy debate; it adds little new supply or demand information for feed markets beyond the ongoing risk to Mexican GMO corn imports.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-08-21 | [Mexico bans glyphosate and GM corn – Town Community Cooperative Inc](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23297-mexico-bans-glyphosate-and-gm-corn-town-community-cooperative-inc.md) | +0.3% | +10.0% |
| CORN | 2022-01-12 | [Glyphosate and corn, T-MEC topics: Brady - Opportimes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43121-glyphosate-and-corn-t-mec-topics-brady-opportimes.md) | -2.6% | +3.6% |
| CORN | 2021-06-08 | [Mexico wants to import non-GMO corn and US farmers say they can deliver it](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46592-mexico-wants-to-import-non-gmo-corn-and-us-farmers-say-they-can-deliver-it.md) | -2.0% | +2.4% |
| CORN | 2024-07-29 | [Why the US doesn’t have a case against Mexico’s GMO corn ban \| Agriculture Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29232-why-the-us-doesn-t-have-a-case-against-mexico-s-gmo-corn-ban-agriculture-dive.md) | -1.0% | -4.8% |
| CORN | 2023-11-08 | [Groups formally request to support Mexico’s ban on GM corn in USMCA trade dispute \| IATP](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33145-groups-formally-request-to-support-mexico-s-ban-on-gm-corn-in-usmca-trade.md) | +0.4% | -0.5% |

## Sources

- thecounter.org: https://thecounter.org/mexico-phaseout-glyphosate-genetically-engineered-corn-united-states/

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