Reuters: Mexico, U.S. nearing 'full-blown' GMO corn trade dispute [View all]

MND Staff
June 2, 2023



Mexico says it is phasing out GM corn imports by 2024 to protect Mexicans' health and Mexico's native corn from contamination. The U.S. says Mexico's concerns are not based on good science. (Government of Mexico)


The United States government has requested dispute settlement consultations with its Mexican counterpart over Mexico’s plan to phase out imports of genetically modified (GM) corn by 2024.

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced the move on Friday, explaining that the consultations will take place under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the free trade pact that took effect in 2020.

“These consultations regard certain Mexican measures concerning products of agricultural biotechnology,” Tai’s office, the USTR, said in a statement.

“… These consultations regard measures set out in Mexico’s February 13, 2023 decree, specifically the ban on use of biotechnology corn in tortillas or dough, and the instruction to Mexican government agencies to gradually substitute — i.e., ban — the use of biotechnology corn in all products for human consumption and for animal feed,” the USTR said.

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