# Contact Us - Sherbrooke Record - Mexican trade dispute may dramatically impact U.S. corn growers

> Mexico's president issued a decree on December 31, 2020, phasing out genetically modified corn for human consumption by January 2024 and banning glyphosate. The National Corn Growers Association chairman called it a serious threat to American agriculture and a relationship unlike anything seen before.

- Date: 2018-05-25 · published 2018-05-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65006-contact-us-sherbrooke-record-mexican-trade-dispute-may-dramatically-impact-u-s
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Mexico is a top export market for U.S. corn, so a phase-out of GM corn could reduce U.S. export demand and weigh on corn prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-06-07 | [Mexican trade dispute may dramatically impact U.S. corn growers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40929-mexican-trade-dispute-may-dramatically-impact-u-s-corn-growers.md) | -0.2% | +2.1% |
| CORN | 2023-03-08 | [Explainer: What is the US-Mexico GM corn dispute about? \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36831-explainer-what-is-the-us-mexico-gm-corn-dispute-about-reuters.md) | -1.6% | -0.6% |
| CORN | 2022-10-24 | [Calls Increase for U.S. Trade Representative to Act on Mexico’s Pending Decree on Corn Imports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39108-calls-increase-for-u-s-trade-representative-to-act-on-mexico-s-pending-decree.md) | -1.1% | -1.4% |
| CORN | 2025-04-04 | [Mexico’s GE Corn Ban Constitutional Amendment Impacts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25098-mexico-s-ge-corn-ban-constitutional-amendment-impacts.md) | +3.4% | +2.3% |
| CORN | 2023-08-30 | [Mexico embeds GM corn ban in food regs as USMCA dispute intensifies \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34542-mexico-embeds-gm-corn-ban-in-food-regs-as-usmca-dispute-intensifies-agri-pulse.md) | -0.0% | -8.2% |

## Sources

- business.sherbrookerecord.com: https://business.sherbrookerecord.com/sherbrookerecord/article/brandpoint-2022-6-7-mexican-trade-dispute-may-dramatically-impact-us-corn-growers

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