After Trade Dispute, Mexico Officially Bans the Planting of GM Corn

After Trade Dispute, Mexico Officially Bans the Planting of GM Corn

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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).