Mexico Announces 50% Tariff on White Corn Imports as Canada Joins US in Fight Over GMOs

[Manuel Tavares]

By Derrick Broze
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The United States and Canada continue their campaign to pressure Mexico to accept Genetically Engineered corn without restriction.
Mexico’s battle for food sovereignty took another step forward over the weekend as President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced a 50% tariff on white corn imports.

López Obrador, also known as AMLO, said the move was part of an effort to boost national production of corn and prevent the import of genetically modified corn. The tariff will be in place until the end of 2023, according to the Associated Press.

The move is the latest in a trade battle between Mexico and the United States with the majority of Mexico’s white corn imports coming from the US and South Africa. Under AMLO, the Mexican government has taken steps to eliminate GMO corn for human consumption and the banning of the cancer-linked pesticide glyphosate...+
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