Mexico to relax restrictions on GM corn

Mexico has announced it is softening its proposal to ban imports of GM corn, reversing plans to ban GM corn in animal feed after the United States threatened to retaliate against the trade, Reuters reported. The decision, announced earlier this week, does not affect Mexico's plan to ban GM corn for human consumption, as well as any use of glyphosate, a controversial herbicide that the International Agency for Research on Cancer has labeled "probably carcinogenic to humans". ”. Other organizations, including the US Environmental Protection Agency, have stated that glyphosate is probably not carcinogenic to humans. In recent months, the US government has stepped up its opposition to the proposed ban, saying an outright ban would violate trade rules outlined in the USMCA free trade agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada and could lead to legal action. Mexico imports about 17 million tons of GM corn a year from the United States, mostly yellow corn that is used in ...