Mexico Bans GM Corn Cultivation in Constitutional Reform: Action Follows Trade Ruling That Ignored Evidence of Genetic Contamination By Timothy A. Wise Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/04/mexico-bans-gm-corn-cultivation-constitutional-reform-action-follows-trade-ruling-ignored-evidence-genetic-contamination/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mexico-bans-gm-corn-cultivation-constitutional-reform-action-follows-trade-ruling-ignored-evidence-genetic-contamination CAMBRIDGE, MA., Apr 30 2025 (IPS) - On March 17, Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum signed into law a constitutional reform banning the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) corn. The action followed a December ruling by a trade tribunal, under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement, in favor of a U.S. complaint that Mexico’s 2023 presidential decree, with broader restrictions on the consumption of GM corn, constituted an unfair trade practice by prohibiting the use of GM corn in tortillas. Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.