# Mexican judge rejects industry bid to halt GMO corn, glyphosate ban

> A Mexican judge rejected an industry bid to halt Mexico's decree banning genetically engineered corn and glyphosate. The ban would affect roughly 16 million tonnes of U.S. yellow corn exports to Mexico, nearly all of which is GMO.

- Date: 2021-05-24 · published 2021-05-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47083-mexican-judge-rejects-industry-bid-to-halt-gmo-corn-glyphosate-ban
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A ruling that lets the ban proceed threatens a major outlet for U.S. corn, which could weigh on U.S. corn export demand and prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-01-15 | [Bans on GMO corn, glyphosate in Mexico would shrink food supplies, industry says \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49129-bans-on-gmo-corn-glyphosate-in-mexico-would-shrink-food-supplies-industry-says.md) | -0.1% | +3.6% |
| CORN | 2021-02-24 | [Mexico to Ban Glyphosate, GM Corn Presidential Decree Comes Despite Intense Pressure from Industry, U.S. Authorities \| Inter Press Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48619-mexico-to-ban-glyphosate-gm-corn-presidential-decree-comes-despite-intense.md) | +0.7% | +5.4% |
| CORN | 2021-03-02 | [Mexico To Phaseout GM Corn Imports And Glyphosate Use - SAIFood](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48118-mexico-to-phaseout-gm-corn-imports-and-glyphosate-use-saifood.md) | +6.1% | +5.5% |
| CORN | 2020-12-15 | [Mexico proposes ban on glyphosate and GE corn - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49604-mexico-proposes-ban-on-glyphosate-and-ge-corn-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.7% | +15.6% |
| CORN | 2021-02-19 | [Mexico pressing ahead with GMO corn, glyphosate bans, says key official \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48618-mexico-pressing-ahead-with-gmo-corn-glyphosate-bans-says-key-official-reuters.md) | +0.6% | -5.3% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexican-judge-rejects-industry-bid-halt-gmo-corn-glyphosate-ban-2021-05-24/

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