# U.S. drops agriculture demand from NAFTA talks - Mexico farm lobby

> Mexico's top farm lobby said the United States dropped its demand for restrictions on Mexican agricultural exports from the NAFTA renegotiation. The report was published August 20, 2018.

- Date: 2018-08-20 · published 2018-08-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63512-u-s-drops-agriculture-demand-from-nafta-talks-mexico-farm-lobby
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Removing a threatened restriction on Mexican farm exports lowers the risk of disruption to US-Mexico agricultural trade, supporting stable export demand for US feed grains.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-08-09 | [NAFTA Talks and Future Plans](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69422-nafta-talks-and-future-plans.md) | -3.3% | -6.4% |
| CORN | 2017-12-05 | [The real question on NAFTA and agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67460-the-real-question-on-nafta-and-agriculture.md) | +2.8% | +5.6% |
| CORN | 2018-08-27 | [U.S., Mexico reach NAFTA deal, turn up pressure on Canada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63754-u-s-mexico-reach-nafta-deal-turn-up-pressure-on-canada.md) | +0.5% | +0.9% |
| CORN | 2017-06-22 | [NAFTA Renegotiation: Issues for U.S. Agriculture - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70476-nafta-renegotiation-issues-for-u-s-agriculture-everycrsreport-com.md) | -2.7% | +3.8% |
| CORN | 2017-04-19 | [Agricultural Trade and Trump - Farm Policy News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71367-agricultural-trade-and-trump-farm-policy-news.md) | +1.2% | +2.3% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trade-nafta/u-s-drops-agriculture-demand-from-nafta-talks-mexico-farm-lobby-idUSKCN1L40OA/

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