# Opinion: The Biden administration should address Mexico’s bans on genetically engineered corn and glyphosate | 2021-04-29  | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> An Agri-Pulse opinion piece urges the Biden administration to challenge Mexico's December 2020 decree banning genetically engineered corn for human consumption and phasing out glyphosate by 2024. The author argues the measures conflict with USMCA provisions on agricultural biotechnology and sound science.

- Date: 2021-04-29 · published 2021-04-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47584-opinion-the-biden-administration-should-address-mexico-s-bans-on-genetically
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Uncertainty over Mexico's biotech corn restrictions, the top buyer of US corn, could weigh on US corn export demand and prices if trade friction escalates.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-10-26 | [Mexico quietly ruling on GMO traits as biotech corn ban looms \| 2022-10-25 \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39109-mexico-quietly-ruling-on-gmo-traits-as-biotech-corn-ban-looms-2022-10-25-agri.md) | -1.2% | -3.3% |
| CORN | 2020-08-14 | [Novak: Mexico heading down EU path on ag restrictions \| 2020-08-14  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51584-novak-mexico-heading-down-eu-path-on-ag-restrictions-2020-08-14-agri-pulse.md) | +0.7% | +7.2% |
| CORN | 2023-05-31 | [Pesticide, biotech industry meet with still no US action on Mexico  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35908-pesticide-biotech-industry-meet-with-still-no-us-action-on-mexico-agri-pulse.md) | -1.8% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2023-08-30 | [Mexico embeds GM corn ban in food regs as USMCA dispute intensifies \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34542-mexico-embeds-gm-corn-ban-in-food-regs-as-usmca-dispute-intensifies-agri-pulse.md) | -0.0% | -8.2% |
| CORN | 2021-04-09 | [USDA and Mexico Actions Impact Genetically Engineered Foods in the United States \| Wiley Rein LLP - JDSupra](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47586-usda-and-mexico-actions-impact-genetically-engineered-foods-in-the-united.md) | +1.1% | +23.4% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/15781-opinion-the-biden-administration-should-address-mexicos-bans-on-genetically-engineered-corn-and-glyphosate

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