# Novak: Mexico heading down EU path on ag restrictions | 2020-08-14  | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> CropLife America's CEO says Mexico's planned glyphosate ban by 2024 and slow pesticide approvals violate USMCA sanitary and phytosanitary commitments. He warns Mexico is moving toward EU-style restrictions on US farm commodities.

- Date: 2020-08-14 · published 2020-08-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51584-novak-mexico-heading-down-eu-path-on-ag-restrictions-2020-08-14-agri-pulse
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Regulatory restrictions on US farm exports to Mexico, the largest buyer of US corn, raise risk to feed grain demand, though no immediate import ban has been imposed.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 2021-04-29 | [Opinion: The Biden administration should address Mexico’s bans on genetically engineered corn and glyphosate \| 2021-04-29  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47584-opinion-the-biden-administration-should-address-mexico-s-bans-on-genetically.md) | +5.9% | -6.0% |
| CORN | 2019-08-22 | [Trade tensions, oversupply, and SREs drive biofuel plant shutdowns \| 2019-08-22  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57584-trade-tensions-oversupply-and-sres-drive-biofuel-plant-shutdowns-2019-08-22.md) | +2.4% | +1.3% |
| SOY | 2017-09-26 | [EPA seeking input on ‘potential reductions’ in RFS volumes \| 2017-09-26 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68825-epa-seeking-input-on-potential-reductions-in-rfs-volumes-2017-09-26-agri-pulse.md) | -1.4% | +1.0% |
| SOY | 2024-09-04 | [Biofuel groups, fuel retailers fight California’s proposed restrictions \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15185-biofuel-groups-fuel-retailers-fight-california-s-proposed-restrictions-agri.md) | -2.0% | +6.0% |
| SOY | 2024-02-06 | [Clean Fuels CEO looks to new domestic markets, exports to offset 'dreadfully wrong' RVOs \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15235-clean-fuels-ceo-looks-to-new-domestic-markets-exports-to-offset-dreadfully.md) | -0.3% | -4.6% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/14278-novak-mexico-heading-down-eu-path-on-ag-restrictions

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