# Food safety and GMOs in the “new NAFTA” | IATP

> An IATP analysis examines food safety and sanitary provisions in the proposed USMCA, the renegotiated NAFTA. It argues the SPS chapter could weaken application of WTO SPS rules and that weakened enforcement could disrupt trade and pose risks to consumers.

- Date: 2018-10-17 · published 2018-10-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62507-food-safety-and-gmos-in-the-new-nafta-iatp
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Changes to SPS and enforcement rules could affect import flows of feed ingredients such as corn and soymeal across North America, though the piece is advocacy analysis with no immediate price driver.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-11-06 | [Do no harm?: NAFTA, non-regulation of GMOs and Mexican agriculture \| IATP](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67968-do-no-harm-nafta-non-regulation-of-gmos-and-mexican-agriculture-iatp.md) | -4.4% | -4.2% |
| CORN | 2018-12-10 | [Is the egg toast? \| Food and Environment Reporting Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61580-is-the-egg-toast-food-and-environment-reporting-network.md) | +0.3% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2018-10-10 | [Mexico’s Native Corn Varieties Threatened by New NAFTA — Food & Power](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62509-mexico-s-native-corn-varieties-threatened-by-new-nafta-food-and-power.md) | +4.0% | +4.0% |
| CORN | 2023-04-27 | [Commodity groups to House Ag: Expand ag safety net in 2023 farm bill \| National \| farmweeknow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36401-commodity-groups-to-house-ag-expand-ag-safety-net-in-2023-farm-bill-national.md) | -0.9% | -4.0% |
| CORN | 2020-12-01 | [Mexican Grain Team: NAFTA Is A Good Deal For U.S. Agriculture \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49605-mexican-grain-team-nafta-is-a-good-deal-for-u-s-agriculture-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.4% | +1.4% |

## Sources

- iatp.org: https://www.iatp.org/documents/food-safety-and-gmos-new-nafta

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