
Expert Predicts Technical Failure in Mexico-Us GM Corn Panel
December 3, 2024 | Source: ImagenAgropecuaria | by Ernesto Perea
The decision of the transgenic corn panel, within the framework of the T-MEC, between Mexico and the United States may be a technical failure in the sense of indicating that before publishing the decree on corn and glyphosate, the Mexican government did not carry out an adequate risk analysis, which can be corrected to be in compliance.
On the other hand, there is no evidence of damage to the commercial flow of the grain because the Mexican government has not closed the border. “It will be difficult for the United States to prove damage to the corn trade for a large amount, since it continues to enter Mexican territory.”
The above is derived from the conversation held by imagenagropecuaria.com with the researcher of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), Timothy Wise, who also refers that the government of the Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, has said that it will not overturn the decree that restricts the use of transgenic corn in Mexico, but warns, “who knows what pressures it will experience or suffer from the United States.”