# Mexico's bargaining chips with Trump? How about a corn boycott - Los Angeles Times

> Nebraska's agriculture leaders wrote to the administration urging it to prevent lasting damage to state farm exports after reports that Mexico was weighing a corn boycott. Nebraska exported 17% of its corn to Mexico in 2014, and Iowa, the top corn state, sent about 8% of its corn there last year. Iowa Corn Growers Association leaders are weighing how to respond while still backing the president.

- Date: 2017-03-29 · published 2017-03-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71976-mexico-s-bargaining-chips-with-trump-how-about-a-corn-boycott-los-angeles-times
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Mexico is a major buyer of US corn, so a boycott threat raises the risk of lower export demand and weaker US corn basis and futures if it materializes.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-08-12 | [The Times podcast: Get out of here with that corn - Los Angeles Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45528-the-times-podcast-get-out-of-here-with-that-corn-los-angeles-times.md) | +0.7% | -7.7% |
| CORN | 2019-05-31 | [6 things to know about Trump’s Mexico tariffs \| Brookings](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59303-6-things-to-know-about-trump-s-mexico-tariffs-brookings.md) | -2.5% | +3.0% |
| CORN | 2017-04-14 | [Shot Across The Bow: Mexico Considers Boycott Of U.S. Corn \| KPBS Public Media](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71461-shot-across-the-bow-mexico-considers-boycott-of-u-s-corn-kpbs-public-media.md) | -2.5% | +0.8% |
| CORN | 2017-03-27 | [Calling Donald Trump’s anti-NAFTA bluff, Mexico is looking to get its corn from elsewhere](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71979-calling-donald-trump-s-anti-nafta-bluff-mexico-is-looking-to-get-its-corn-from.md) | +1.6% | +1.0% |
| CORN | 2023-05-12 | [Mexico's GM Corn Ban Is about More Than Biotech \| Chicago Council on Global Affairs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35912-mexico-s-gm-corn-ban-is-about-more-than-biotech-chicago-council-on-global.md) | -8.7% | -8.7% |

## Sources

- latimes.com: https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-corn-boycott-20170329-story.html

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