Mexico
Mexican President López Obrador hosted President Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau this week to discuss everything from methane reduction to the U.S./Mexico border wall.
The prospect of Title 42 ending prompted crowds to form on the Mexican side of the border of the U.S. as they awaited to cross the border.
Minister Victor Villalobos said U.S. officials were satisfied with a proposal to delay a ban on the import of GMO corn until 2025, according to a published report.
“We agreed to review their proposal closely and follow up with questions or concerns,” said Tai and Vilsack in a joint statement.
NCGA and presidents of 23 state grower organizations are adding their voices to a growing list who want the Biden administration to deal with Mexico’s coming ban (starting in 2025) on imports of GMO corn.
Mexican Secretary of Economy Raquel Buenrostro told reporters in Mexico Wednesday the decree to bar imports of GMO crops into Mexico will be pushed back to 2025.
Vilsack urged Mexico to “find a way forward” and said that if Mexico’s plans went unchanged, the U.S. government would be forced to consider all options, including legal action under the USMCA.
Mexico says it is on track to halve its U.S. imports of yellow corn and will look to make direct deals with farmers in the U.S., Argentina and Brazil who produce non-GMO corn to secure the remaining supplies.
“We have tried to work constructively with the Mexican government to address these concerns, but, unfortunately, U.S. companies continue to face unfair treatment in Mexico,” said Ambassador Tai.
Bayer is evaluating its legal options after Mexican health regulators for the first time rejected a GMO corn permit it was seeking, blasting the decision as “unscientific.”
Mexico’s move to start allowing some imports of American chicken and turkey from states with commercial bird- flu cases signals that the disease’s threat to U.S. poultry exports is starting to subside.
President Donald Trump risks triggering a “depression” in the nation’s rural areas if he withdraws from NAFTA, Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley said in Feb 2018.
Despite trade obstacles, the U.S. pork industry will vigorously defend its share of Mexico’s growing pork market and continue to pursue new opportunities for U.S. pork products in Mexico.
The proposed border wall between Mexico and the United States threatens to cut through a ranch that has belonged to the Cavazos family for 250 years.
U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) President and CEO Dan Halstrom will be addressing participants at the National Pork Industry Forum on Thursday, March 7.
More than 960 groups representing the U.S. food and agriculture value chain at the national, state and local are urging Congress to quickly ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
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Lawmakers are concerned President Trump’s proposed tariffs on foreign cars under Section 232 could instigate retaliatory trade actions aimed at farmers.
Tariffs could make Argentine kernels cheaper than American.