The United States and Mexico have drawn their corn spat into the next stage, with recent developments centering on Mexico’s 2020 decree that puts restrictions on the use of genetically modified (GE) corn seeds and GE corn grain in the country. An article by Wiley Rein LLP sheds more light on this agricultural trade dispute.
In December 2020, the Mexican government required regulatory authorities to accomplish two main tasks: Firstly, to “revoke and refrain from granting permits” for the release of “genetically modified corn seeds” into the environment. Secondly, to “revoke and refrain from granting authorizations” for the use of “genetically modified corn grain in the diet of Mexican women and men”. As part of this policy