Mexico City. The creation of a dispute resolution panel against Mexico's ban on genetically modified corn under the USMCA has demonstrated the United States and Canada's intention to "alienate national and food sovereignty," as well as the "imposition" of an agri-food model that has had "serious consequences," such as increased migration, obesity and diabetes epidemics, and "a severe crisis in the countryside that makes us dependent" on imports of basic products like yellow corn, sourced from "an elite of producers benefiting from multimillion-dollar subsidies," asserted the National Campaign Without Corn, There Is No Country.
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In a statement regarding the request made by the governments of the member countries of the trade agreement, he maintained that "it is essential to support the Mexican government's position," given that it is based on the "inalienable right to health," as well as the right to a healthy environment and the biodiversity of Mexico's native corn.
The organizations that make up the National Campaign emphasized that the presidential decree ordering the gradual substitution of the herbicide glyphosate and the ban on genetically modified corn, published in the Official Gazette on December 31, 2020, "inaugurated a historic opportunity to make profound changes to the neoliberal model."
However, as soon as the first decree appeared, "pressure began to mount from the United States government and the agri-food corporations it represents," leading to a request for technical consultations in June 2023, questioning the scientific basis on which the decree is based, he noted.
