# Mexican Grain Team: NAFTA Is A Good Deal For U.S. Agriculture | Feed & Grain

> Mexican grain buyers, livestock and feed representatives visited Nebraska and Washington, D.C., to argue that duty-free trade under NAFTA is essential for U.S. corn, sorghum and DDGS sales. Their trip came as NAFTA renegotiation formally began.

- Date: 2020-12-01 · published 2020-12-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49605-mexican-grain-team-nafta-is-a-good-deal-for-u-s-agriculture-feed-and-grain
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Mexico's buyers show strong demand for U.S. feed grains, but the outcome of NAFTA renegotiation could change tariff terms and therefore the competitiveness of U.S. corn and sorghum against other suppliers.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- DDGS: neutral
- SORGHUM: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-11-06 | [Do no harm?: NAFTA, non-regulation of GMOs and Mexican agriculture \| IATP](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67968-do-no-harm-nafta-non-regulation-of-gmos-and-mexican-agriculture-iatp.md) | -4.4% | -4.2% |
| 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 | 2020-09-18 | [Opinion: Mexican government undermining science and agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51084-opinion-mexican-government-undermining-science-and-agriculture.md) | -2.0% | +4.4% |
| CORN | 2020-09-21 | [Viewpoint: Mexican government undermining science and agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51081-viewpoint-mexican-government-undermining-science-and-agriculture.md) | -2.4% | +3.4% |
| CORN | 2018-09-13 | [bilaterals.org \| 'This is life or death for us': Mexico's farm movement rejects new NAFTA agreement](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63002-bilaterals-org-this-is-life-or-death-for-us-mexico-s-farm-movement-rejects-new.md) | +0.3% | +2.0% |

## Sources

- feedandgrain.com: https://www.feedandgrain.com/grain-supply-chain/news/15399443/mexican-grain-team-nafta-is-a-good-deal-for-us-agriculture

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