# Target Trump's base if trade spat worsens, Mexican farm lobby says | Farmtario

> Mexico's national farm council CNA head Bosco de la Vega said Mexico should target farm goods from Republican-voting US states if the trade dispute escalates. He said such retaliation would be a last resort after negotiations. Mexico is drawing up a list of potential US targets.

- Date: 2019-05-31 · published 2019-05-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59076-target-trump-s-base-if-trade-spat-worsens-mexican-farm-lobby-says-farmtario
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Mexican Peso (MXN per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDMXN.md)

## Why it matters

Retaliatory tariffs aimed at US farm goods in Republican states would reduce US agricultural export demand and pressure grain and feed prices. The threat raises trade-war risk for corn, soybean and co-product markets.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- USDMXN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-01-20 | [Boeing and beans on China's blacklist if US trade tensions worsen](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72862-boeing-and-beans-on-china-s-blacklist-if-us-trade-tensions-worsen.md) | +0.4% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2017-12-15 | [Mexico plots open trade course to escape Trump's NAFTA threats](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67438-mexico-plots-open-trade-course-to-escape-trump-s-nafta-threats.md) | +2.7% | +2.5% |
| CORN | 2017-05-03 | [Pro-Trump farmers worry they'll lose lucrative GMO corn exports to Mexico if president rolls back NAFTA - Genetic Literacy Project](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70976-pro-trump-farmers-worry-they-ll-lose-lucrative-gmo-corn-exports-to-mexico-if.md) | +0.5% | +1.2% |
| CORN | 2026-04-01 | [Grain, Oilseed Prices Fall as Traders Look for End to Iran War - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19762-grain-oilseed-prices-fall-as-traders-look-for-end-to-iran-war-bloomberg.md) | -1.7% | +1.5% |
| CORN | 2025-07-02 | [Farmers Can't Catch a Break: Fertilizer Prices, Compared to Corn Prices, Are Now Some of the Worst in History - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23691-farmers-can-t-catch-a-break-fertilizer-prices-compared-to-corn-prices-are-now.md) | -3.1% | -4.1% |
| SOY | 2017-01-20 | [Boeing and beans on China's blacklist if US trade tensions worsen](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72862-boeing-and-beans-on-china-s-blacklist-if-us-trade-tensions-worsen.md) | -1.9% | -2.5% |
| SOY | 2017-05-03 | [Pro-Trump farmers worry they'll lose lucrative GMO corn exports to Mexico if president rolls back NAFTA - Genetic Literacy Project](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70976-pro-trump-farmers-worry-they-ll-lose-lucrative-gmo-corn-exports-to-mexico-if.md) | +0.8% | -4.4% |
| SOY | 2018-02-14 | [China's most powerful weapon in Trump trade war may backfire](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66378-china-s-most-powerful-weapon-in-trump-trade-war-may-backfire.md) | +2.2% | +1.7% |

## Sources

- farmtario.com: https://farmtario.com/daily/target-trumps-base-if-trade-spat-worsens-mexican-farm-lobby-says/

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