US calls for dispute panel in spat with Mexico over corn trade

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The U.S. has requested a dispute settlement panel under the United States-Mexico-Canada-Agreement over Mexico’s plan to ban genetically modified corn imports. Mexican officials have been working to ban the use of herbicides and genetically modified corn, specifically in products made for human consumption, from its food supply chain. Thursday’s request to send the dispute to USMCA arbitrators came after formal negotiations failed to resolve deep divisions between the two close trading partners. “The United States is taking the next step in enforcing Mexico’s obligations under the USMCA,” U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said in a new release. “Mexico’s approach to...