# Syngenta Settles U.S. Corn Litigation

> Syngenta agreed on September 26, 2017 to settle a large lawsuit over its Agrisure Viptera and Duracade GMO corn varieties, which were commercialized before China approved them. The suit centered on cross-pollination and commingling that contaminated U.S. corn supplies.

- Date: 2017-10-05 · published 2017-10-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68431-syngenta-settles-u-s-corn-litigation
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

The settlement addresses past GMO trade disruption, and it is unlikely to change near-term corn export flows or prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-12-17 | [USDA Launches Second Round of Trade Mitigation Payments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61569-usda-launches-second-round-of-trade-mitigation-payments.md) | +0.4% | +0.3% |
| CORN | 2018-09-04 | [USDA Launches Trade Mitigation Programs \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63024-usda-launches-trade-mitigation-programs-usda.md) | +0.5% | +1.8% |
| CORN | 2024-04-12 | [Mexico Postpones U.S. Corn Ban - Seed World](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30703-mexico-postpones-u-s-corn-ban-seed-world.md) | -0.2% | +1.2% |
| CORN | 2021-06-12 | [U.S. grains: Corn, soy drop; soyoil limit-down - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6438-u-s-grains-corn-soy-drop-soyoil-limit-down-grainews.md) | -2.8% | -4.2% |
| CORN | 2017-02-13 | [China's corn market sees little impact from subsidies to feed millers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72469-china-s-corn-market-sees-little-impact-from-subsidies-to-feed-millers.md) | -1.1% | -2.6% |

## Sources

- lawreview.syr.edu: https://lawreview.syr.edu/syngenta-settles-u-s-corn-litigation/

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