# Industry attacks Mexico's glyphosate ban

> Pesticide industry groups lobbied US officials to pressure Mexico to reverse its planned glyphosate ban and GE corn phase-out, according to emails obtained through FOIA. The report says US officials agreed to intervene.

- Date: 2021-04-20 · published 2021-04-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47590-industry-attacks-mexico-s-glyphosate-ban
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

The dispute over Mexico's biotech restrictions adds trade uncertainty for US corn but does not yet change current supply or demand.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-05-24 | [Mexican judge rejects industry bid to halt GMO corn, glyphosate ban](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47083-mexican-judge-rejects-industry-bid-to-halt-gmo-corn-glyphosate-ban.md) | -0.3% | +2.2% |
| CORN | 2020-01-10 | [Is glyphosate about to be banned in Mexico? \| etui](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55046-is-glyphosate-about-to-be-banned-in-mexico-etui.md) | -1.0% | -0.7% |
| 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 | 2022-07-15 | [Mexico’s glyphosate and GMO corn ban overturned by federal judge](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40467-mexico-s-glyphosate-and-gmo-corn-ban-overturned-by-federal-judge.md) | -10.7% | -8.4% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- gmwatch.org: https://www.gmwatch.org/en/news/archive/101-2021/19763-industry-attacks-mexico-s-glyphosate-ban

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