# Council Looks Back At USMCA’s Development Following Canadian Approval - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council

> Canada's government approved the USMCA on March 13, completing ratification by all three countries. The agreement is expected to take effect in summer 2020 and keeps zero tariffs on US coarse grains, co-products and ethanol.

- Date: 2020-03-19 · published 2020-03-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region North America · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54107-council-looks-back-at-usmca-s-development-following-canadian-approval-u-s
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Completed ratification locks in duty-free access for US corn, DDGS and ethanol into Mexico and Canada, supporting export demand for feed grains and co-products. The move reduces trade-policy risk for feed ingredient exporters.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-12-31 | [Market Perspectives – December 31, 2020 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49574-market-perspectives-december-31-2020-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts-council.md) | +6.2% | +17.5% |
| CORN | 2019-12-19 | [Market Perspectives – December 19, 2019 - Page 7 of 10 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55636-market-perspectives-december-19-2019-page-7-of-10-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts.md) | +0.5% | +0.7% |
| CORN | 2018-09-06 | [Market Perspectives - September 6, 2018 - Page 7 of 11 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62938-market-perspectives-september-6-2018-page-7-of-11-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts.md) | -2.1% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2025-06-13 | [U.S. grains: Soybeans climb, soyoil soars daily limit on US biofuel proposal \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8580-u-s-grains-soybeans-climb-soyoil-soars-daily-limit-on-us-biofuel-proposal-the.md) | -0.8% | -3.2% |
| CORN | 2017-03-01 | [U.S. grains: Corn, soyoil climb on biofuels news - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7821-u-s-grains-corn-soyoil-climb-on-biofuels-news-grainews.md) | -0.7% | -1.8% |

## Sources

- grains.org: https://grains.org/council-looks-back-at-usmcas-development-following-canadian-approval/

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