Mexico’s path to food sovereignty undercut by USMCA decision | IATP

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Mexico’s bold plan to transform its food system toward healthier, more sustainably produced foods that support rural livelihoods and respect the country’s cultural heritage is an essential example of food sovereignty. Former President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador’s decree to restrict the use of GM corn for human consumption, phase out the use of glyphosate and eventually reduce imports of GM corn for animal feed and industrial uses was a direct response to years of advocacy and campaigns by Mexican farmers and other social movements. That expression of sovereignty ran headlong into the rules in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that treat the food we eat as mere commodities to buy and sell. The dispute panel’s ruling against Mexico in a challenge brought by the U.S., and Mexico’s eventual agreement to withdraw the provisions on corn, points to the limitations of existing trade rules, which are heavily influenced by industrial agriculture and biotechnology interests. In these time

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Mexico’s path to food sovereignty undercut by USMCA decision | IATP

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