Today, Farm Action condemned a ruling by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) dispute panel, which ruled in favor of the U.S.’s claim that Mexico’s ban on genetically modified corn and glyphosate violated the terms of the trade agreement.
In response, Farm Action issued the following statement, which can be attributed to president and co-founder Angela Huffman:
“We are disappointed in the panel’s ruling, which shows the U.S. successfully wielded its power on behalf of the world’s largest agrochemical corporations to force their industrial technology onto Mexico. Mexico’s ban on genetically modified (GM) corn and glyphosate presented a tremendous premium market opportunity for non-GM corn producers in the U.S. Instead of helping U.S. farmers transition to non-GM corn production, our government has continued to force GM corn onto people who don’t want it, and propped up agrochemical corporations based in other countries — such as Germany’s Bayer and China’s Syngenta. This ruling will make winners out of agrochemical corporations and losers out of everyone else.”
Farm Action has been outspoken on this issue since 2022, highlighting the market opportunity Mexico’s ban presented for farmers in America, one that the U.S. government should have allowed to be realized.
Media Contact: Emma Nicolas, enicolas@farmaction.us, 202-450-0094
