# Pro-Trump farmers worry they'll lose lucrative GMO corn exports to Mexico if president rolls back NAFTA - Genetic Literacy Project

> Pro-Trump corn, soybean and dairy farmers are worried that Trump's push to roll back NAFTA could disrupt exports to Mexico, which bought about $2.3 billion of US corn in 2015, almost all GMO. A White House source said NAFTA 'as we know it today will change'.

- Date: 2017-05-03 · published 2017-05-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70976-pro-trump-farmers-worry-they-ll-lose-lucrative-gmo-corn-exports-to-mexico-if
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Mexico is a major buyer of US corn, so any threat to the trade pact raises risk of lower US corn export demand and wider basis discounts, while encouraging Mexican buyers to shift toward South American supply.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-12-15 | [Mexico plots open trade course to escape Trump's NAFTA threats](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67438-mexico-plots-open-trade-course-to-escape-trump-s-nafta-threats.md) | +2.7% | +2.5% |
| CORN | 2017-01-26 | [Peso falls to session lows after meeting between US and Mexico presidents falls through](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73207-peso-falls-to-session-lows-after-meeting-between-us-and-mexico-presidents-falls.md) | +1.9% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2019-05-31 | [Target Trump's base if trade spat worsens, Mexican farm lobby says \| Farmtario](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59076-target-trump-s-base-if-trade-spat-worsens-mexican-farm-lobby-says-farmtario.md) | -2.5% | +3.0% |
| CORN | 2025-07-02 | [Farmers Can't Catch a Break: Fertilizer Prices, Compared to Corn Prices, Are Now Some of the Worst in History - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23691-farmers-can-t-catch-a-break-fertilizer-prices-compared-to-corn-prices-are-now.md) | -3.1% | -4.1% |
| CORN | 2022-11-02 | [After the Bell \| November 2, 2022 - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7226-after-the-bell-november-2-2022-pro-farmer.md) | -1.3% | -3.7% |
| SOY | 2019-05-31 | [Target Trump's base if trade spat worsens, Mexican farm lobby says \| Farmtario](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59076-target-trump-s-base-if-trade-spat-worsens-mexican-farm-lobby-says-farmtario.md) | -2.3% | -0.1% |
| SOY | 2019-08-04 | [‘Since the end of December we have not sold a single vessel’: Canadian farmers continue to struggle with China’s ban on exports - The Globe and Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57562-since-the-end-of-december-we-have-not-sold-a-single-vessel-canadian-farmers.md) | +2.8% | +0.8% |
| SOY | 2026-09-24 | [US farmers push for China commitments on imports as Trump and Xi talk trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14547-us-farmers-push-for-china-commitments-on-imports-as-trump-and-xi-talk-trade.md) | -1.9% | -4.3% |

## Sources

- geneticliteracyproject.org: https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2017/05/03/pro-trump-farmers-worry-theyll-lose-lucrative-gmo-corn-exports-mexico-president-rolls-back-nafta/

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