# Law for the Promotion and Protection of Corn: A New Legal Attack Against The People? | CECCAM

> CECCAM analysts criticize the Federal Law for the Promotion and Protection of Native Corn, which the Mexican Senate approved on March 24. They say it does not prohibit GM corn planting or commercialization, which they link to the Biosafety Act and the USMCA.

- Date: 2020-05-03 · published 2020-05-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53108-law-for-the-promotion-and-protection-of-corn-a-new-legal-attack-against-the
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

The law does not ban GM corn, so it does not change current US corn export flows to Mexico. Its effect on prices depends on whether future rules restrict biotech imports.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-09-28 | [Approval of corn law urged for protection against free trade accord](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57038-approval-of-corn-law-urged-for-protection-against-free-trade-accord.md) | -0.9% | +1.1% |
| CORN | 2018-11-24 | [The struggle of Mexico's native corn against GMOs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62022-the-struggle-of-mexico-s-native-corn-against-gmos.md) | +1.1% | +8.1% |
| CORN | 2020-04-04 | [Native corn gets legal protection, prevents 'intellectual plundering'](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53596-native-corn-gets-legal-protection-prevents-intellectual-plundering.md) | -3.8% | -7.7% |
| CORN | 2025-03-14 | [Presidential Decree protecting the Centre of Origin and Diversity](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25531-presidential-decree-protecting-the-centre-of-origin-and-diversity.md) | +6.8% | +5.7% |
| CORN | 2018-04-09 | [New laws are best way for EU to tackle deforestation \| ClientEarth](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65522-new-laws-are-best-way-for-eu-to-tackle-deforestation-clientearth.md) | -0.2% | +2.2% |

## Sources

- ceccam.org: https://www.ceccam.org/node/2926

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.