# NAFTA: US-grown corn threatens Mexican crop heritage | Business and Economy | Al Jazeera

> Negotiators from the US, Mexico and Canada met in Mexico City for the fifth round of NAFTA talks, with corn as a major issue. Corn is Mexico's largest agricultural import from the US, and critics say cheap US varieties are harming Mexico's maize heritage.

- Date: 2017-11-18 · published 2017-11-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67969-nafta-us-grown-corn-threatens-mexican-crop-heritage-business-and-economy-al
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Any NAFTA changes affecting corn trade would directly affect US corn export demand to Mexico, which is the largest outlet for US corn-based feed exports, so buyers should watch the talks closely.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-04-18 | [Tense Exchange on US-Mexico Corn Dispute at House Ways and Means Hearing \| American Ag Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30707-tense-exchange-on-us-mexico-corn-dispute-at-house-ways-and-means-hearing.md) | -0.4% | +4.0% |
| CORN | 2018-02-22 | [Exclusive - As Trump trashes NAFTA, Mexico turns to Brazilian corn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66461-exclusive-as-trump-trashes-nafta-mexico-turns-to-brazilian-corn.md) | +1.4% | +3.0% |
| CORN | 2024-02-02 | [Mexico Moves to Protect Its Cultural Heritage from GMO Corn – The Non-GMO Project](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31650-mexico-moves-to-protect-its-cultural-heritage-from-gmo-corn-the-non-gmo-project.md) | -4.7% | -6.2% |
| CORN | 2021-05-28 | [Corn consolidates after surge on export demand - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47116-corn-consolidates-after-surge-on-export-demand-markets-business-recorder.md) | -0.6% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2018-03-08 | [Technical Progress Made In Mexico During Seventh NAFTA Round - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65980-technical-progress-made-in-mexico-during-seventh-nafta-round-u-s-grains-and.md) | +2.4% | +5.3% |

## Sources

- aljazeera.com: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/2017/11/18/nafta-us-grown-corn-threatens-mexican-crop-heritage

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