The trade representation of the United States reported this Friday that that country won the dispute under the USMCA mechanisms that challenges Mexican biotechnological measures related to genetically modified corn.
The panel created to address the issue agreed with the United States on all seven legal claims, and concluded that Mexico’s measures are not based on science and undermine the market access that Mexico agreed to provide in the USMCA, the USTR said in a statement.
“The panel’s decision reaffirms long-standing U.S. concerns about Mexico’s biotechnology policies and their detrimental impact on U.S. agricultural exports,” Trade Representative Katherine Tai said, according to the statement.
“It underscores the importance of science-based trade policies that allow American farmers and agricultural producers to compete fairly and leverage their innovation to address climate change and improve productivity,” he added.
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The USTR trusts that collaboration with the Mexican government will continue to guarantee equal conditions and provide access to safe, affordable and sustainable agricultural products on both sides of the border.
“We congratulate the dispute resolution panel for its exhaustive and impartial evaluation, which affirms that Mexico’s approach to biotechnology was not based on scientific principles or international standards,” said US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, according to the release.
“Mexico’s measures contradicted decades of evidence demonstrating the safety of agricultural biotechnology, supported by science- and risk-based regulatory review systems,” he added.
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