Mexico Formally Repeals Restrictions on GM Corn After Trade Panel Ruling
Mexico's government has repealed previous restrictions on genetically-modified (GM) corn for human use, as well for livestock and industrial uses, according to a notice on Thursday in the official gazette.
The United States, which for decades has exported large volumes of GM yellow corn to Mexican buyers, had objected to restrictions put in place by Mexico's previous government to gradually ban such corn supplies from its northern neighbor.
Mexico, the birthplace of modern corn, has for years prohibited the commercial-scale planting of strains...
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