# Want to understand the border crisis? Look to American corn policy

> The article reviews NAFTA's history since 1994 and argues that cheap US commodity corn has harmed Mexican smallholder maize farmers. It links these effects to migration pressures and notes that trade between the US and Mexico has roughly tripled.

- Date: 2018-07-24 · published 2018-07-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64009-want-to-understand-the-border-crisis-look-to-american-corn-policy
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

The analysis is background on the NAFTA debate and does not report a new policy change. It reinforces the political risk to US corn exports to Mexico if renegotiation tightens.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-06-08 | [Mexico wants to import non-GMO corn and US farmers say they can deliver it](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46592-mexico-wants-to-import-non-gmo-corn-and-us-farmers-say-they-can-deliver-it.md) | -2.0% | +2.4% |
| CORN | 2021-10-01 | [Is the Past the Prologue for the Future of Agricultural Policy in the United States? \| American Enterprise Institute - AEI](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44521-is-the-past-the-prologue-for-the-future-of-agricultural-policy-in-the-united.md) | +0.7% | +3.7% |
| CORN | 2022-01-13 | [Trade and trade policy outlook, 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14966-trade-and-trade-policy-outlook-2022.md) | -1.3% | +5.3% |
| CORN | 2018-01-03 | [Are we ready to prevent the next food price crisis? - Development Matters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66883-are-we-ready-to-prevent-the-next-food-price-crisis-development-matters.md) | -0.9% | +1.8% |
| CORN | 2022-03-02 | [Understanding the Agricultural Biotechnology Provisions in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement \| IATP](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42273-understanding-the-agricultural-biotechnology-provisions-in-the-u-s-mexico.md) | +1.5% | +6.2% |

## Sources

- thecounter.org: https://thecounter.org/border-crisis-immigration-mexican-corn-nafta/

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