After Trade Dispute, Mexico Officially Bans the Planting of GM Corn
February 25, 2025 | Source: Reuters | by Adriana Barrera
MEXICO CITY, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Mexico’s lower house of Congress on Tuesday approved a constitutional reform to ban the planting of genetically modified (GM) corn, a move that could lead to more tension with the United States after the resolution of a trade dispute, analysts said.
The initiative by President Claudia Sheinbaum comes after a trade-dispute panel ruled in December that Mexico’s restrictions on GM corn, mostly imported from the United States, violate the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).