# Opinion | Why Mexican Farmers Are Hopeful About López Obrador’s Win

> Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his Morena party won Mexico's July 1 elections with more than 50 percent of the presidential vote and majorities in both houses of Congress. Commentary says farmers hope the win will lead to change in a NAFTA strategy that they feel left them exposed to below-cost imports of maize, wheat and pork.

- Date: 2018-07-06 · published 2018-07-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64005-opinion-why-mexican-farmers-are-hopeful-about-lopez-obrador-s-win
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A new government seeking to revisit NAFTA and support domestic farmers could change Mexico's import demand for US corn, wheat and pork over time. The uncertainty is a modest factor for feed grain prices right now.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-11-27 | [Public News Service \| Mexico’s GM Corn Ban Opens Market for American Farmers \| Farm Action](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33148-public-news-service-mexico-s-gm-corn-ban-opens-market-for-american-farmers-farm.md) | -0.8% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2020-09-16 | [Fighting GMO Corn, for Mexico’s Soul (OPINION) - Latino Rebels](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51078-fighting-gmo-corn-for-mexico-s-soul-opinion-latino-rebels.md) | +1.1% | +4.7% |
| CORN | 2020-09-18 | [Opinion: Mexican government undermining science and agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51084-opinion-mexican-government-undermining-science-and-agriculture.md) | -2.0% | +4.4% |
| CORN | 2026-07-10 | [USMCA Review Raises Concerns for Mexico's Farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18312-usmca-review-raises-concerns-for-mexico-s-farmers.md) | +2.1% | +0.8% |
| CORN | 2025-10-05 | [Trump considers massive bailout of at least $10 billion for American farmers hurt by his trade war \| CNN Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22385-trump-considers-massive-bailout-of-at-least-10-billion-for-american-farmers.md) | -0.1% | +1.7% |
| WHEAT | 2019-04-22 | [Seeds of discontent: Argentina's farmers turn cool on their man Macri](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59435-seeds-of-discontent-argentina-s-farmers-turn-cool-on-their-man-macri.md) | -1.0% | -10.6% |
| WHEAT | 2019-05-21 | [U.S. to favour soybeans in trade war aid for farmers - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58949-u-s-to-favour-soybeans-in-trade-war-aid-for-farmers-bloomberg.md) | -13.2% | -6.0% |
| WHEAT | 2017-12-26 | [Narendra Modi government has not overlooked farmers’ concerns - Opinion News \| The Financial Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67449-narendra-modi-government-has-not-overlooked-farmers-concerns-opinion-news-the.md) | +0.3% | +3.0% |

## Sources

- foodtank.com: https://foodtank.com/news/2018/07/mexico-president-lopez-obrador-nafta

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