USTR, USDA: Mexico’s proposed changes to GM corn ban ‘not sufficient’

Mexico’s recent proposal to modify an impending ban on genetically modified corn does not fully address U.S. concerns, the Biden administration said on Monday, reiterating plans to bring a dispute under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement if the country does not offer more comprehensive changes. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the Agriculture Department had been reviewing a proposal offered last month by Mexico to address Washington’s concerns about the country’s plan to phase out GM corn and the herbicide...