# Viewpoint: How international anti-biotech activists manipulate year-old Mexican government to block crop GMO innovations

> A Genetic Literacy Project viewpoint argues that anti-GMO NGOs have gained influence within Mexico's AMLO administration since December 2018, and are pushing to reform the biosafety law to ban genetically modified crops nationally. The author says activist groups focus on corn, given Mexico's maize diversity.

- Date: 2019-12-02 · published 2019-12-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55544-viewpoint-how-international-anti-biotech-activists-manipulate-year-old-mexican
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

A national ban on GM corn and soybean cultivation would constrain Mexico's domestic corn supply options and could sustain its heavy reliance on imported grain, which matters for US corn and soybean export demand.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-09-05 | [United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (usmca)—Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)—GMO corn \| American Journal of International Law \| Cambridge Core](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22828-united-states-mexico-canada-agreement-usmca-sanitary-and-phytosanitary-measures.md) | -0.3% | +3.0% |
| CORN | 2020-06-17 | [Viewpoint: Mexico’s glyphosate weedkiller import restrictions could harm farmers and consumers alike](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52570-viewpoint-mexico-s-glyphosate-weedkiller-import-restrictions-could-harm-farmers.md) | -0.6% | -1.6% |
| CORN | 2025-06-17 | [Mexico’s constitutional amendment bans plantings of GMO corn - The Organic & Non-GMO Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24178-mexico-s-constitutional-amendment-bans-plantings-of-gmo-corn-the-organic-and.md) | -2.5% | -4.3% |
| CORN | 2019-11-28 | [National Biodiesel Board urges EPA to account for small refinery exemptions - Biofuels International Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55927-national-biodiesel-board-urges-epa-to-account-for-small-refinery-exemptions.md) | +1.1% | +3.4% |
| CORN | 2025-05-02 | [Mexico Bans GM Corn Cultivation in Constitutional Reform - Havana Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24635-mexico-bans-gm-corn-cultivation-in-constitutional-reform-havana-times.md) | -3.8% | -1.5% |
| SOY | 2025-10-15 | [Government payments create funding cliff for farmers \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22381-government-payments-create-funding-cliff-for-farmers-agri-pulse-communications.md) | +2.4% | +10.6% |
| SOY | 2021-12-27 | [Bipartisan Request to Hold Mexico Accountable on Biotech Policy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43573-bipartisan-request-to-hold-mexico-accountable-on-biotech-policy.md) | -0.2% | +5.3% |
| SOY | 2022-06-07 | [Due Diligence Requirements to Tackle Deforestation: An overview of the EU and British proposals \| International Institute for Sustainable Development](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40966-due-diligence-requirements-to-tackle-deforestation-an-overview-of-the-eu-and.md) | +0.5% | -7.0% |

## Sources

- geneticliteracyproject.org: https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2019/12/02/viewpoint-how-international-anti-biotech-activists-manipulate-year-old-mexican-government-to-block-crop-gmo-innovations/

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