U.S. Mexico Trade Dispute

Mexico’s path to food sovereignty undercut by USMCA decision

Mexico’s bold plan to transform its food system toward healthier, more sustainably produced foods that support rural livelihoods and respect the country’s cultural heritage is an essential example of food sovereignty. That expression of sovereignty ran headlong into the rules in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that treat the food we eat as mere commodities to buy and sell.

Respecting rights in the USMCA corn dispute

The trade dispute over Mexico’s restrictions on genetically engineered (GE) corn and glyphosate, a pesticide that GE corn is designed to resist, recently entered a new phase. The dispute is turning from the governments’ submissions and rebuttals to a dialogue with the panelists who will ultimately decide the case.

Next steps on the USMCA corn case: What the panelists should ask

This week the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) dispute over Mexico’s restrictions on genetically modified (GM) corn and glyphosate enters a new phase. A public hearing will be held on June 26 and 27 in Mexico to consider the arguments made by both sides.

Takeaways from Mexico’s final rebuttal on the USMCA GM corn case

Mexico’s closing argument in its ongoing dispute with the United States over its restrictions on genetically modified (GM) corn and glyphosate residues in tortillas was published in translation June 19.

Mexico GM corn case update: U.S. assertions rebutted by civil society experts

The following opinion was originally published by Common Dreams on May 9.