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December 21, 2024 | Source: Reuters
MEXICO CITY, Dec 21 (Reuters) – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum expects Congress to approve a ban early next year on planting genetically modified corn in the country, she said on Saturday.
Sheinbaum’s announcement comes a day after a trade-dispute panel ruled Mexico’s restrictions on U.S. exports of GM corn violate the USMCA trade agreement.
“With the help of Mexico’s Congress, we are going to reverse this resolution because very soon, in February, they are going to legislate, I am sure, that you can’t plant genetically modified corn,” Sheinbaum said at a public event. Mexico’s Congress is dominated by the ruling party.
“We must protect Mexico’s biodiversity in our country … without corn there is no country.”
Such a ban may increase Mexican supplies of non-GM corn but not prevent imports of GM varieties, however.
A GM crop contains genetic material that is not naturally found in the plant, for example to better protect against disease. Farmers have widely adopted such crops in some countries such as the United States, but critics say their safety for human health and the environment is unproven.
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