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Escalating tensions with farmers may prove a stumbling block for Mexico's ruling party in next year's elections, experts said, as resentment builds over low grains prices, a trade conflict with the U.S., and a perceived lack of government support.
Escalating tensions with farmers may prove a stumbling block for Mexico's ruling party in next year's elections, experts said, as resentment builds over low grains prices, a trade conflict with the U.S., and a perceived lack of government support. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party is favored to hold on to presidential power, but the rising conflict with the agriculture sector is emerging as a hurdle which could impact success at state and local levels, experts said. The fallout is a rare chink in Lopez Obrador's formidable popularity, steadily above 60% throughout his term.
By Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Escalating tensions with farmers may prove a stumbling block for Mexico's ruling party in next year's el.
Farmers in the United States are urging their government to challenge a looming Mexican ban on genetically modified corn under a regional free trade agreement, warning of billions of dollars of economic damage to both countries.