House group to Tai: Engage with new Mexican leaders on corn dispute

A group of House lawmakers on Tuesday encouraged U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to work with Mexico’s new administration to remove restrictions on genetically modified corn imports in anticipation of the 2026 U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement review. Claudia Sheinbaum was inaugurated as president on Tuesday, succeeding Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who sought to limit Mexico’s use of genetically modified corn. Sheinbaum’s incoming agriculture minister has said that efforts to replace the use of genetically modified corn with domestic production will continue ...