The Mexican government said it is prepared to defend its ban on U.S. genetically modified corn. Ministry of Agriculture's Undersecretary of Food Self-Sufficiency claims the U.S. opposition to the glyphosate ban has more to do with large seed firms than American farmers, and presented 2020 data that suggests four companies control half of the world's seeds.
Mexico is not only dangerously dependent on US growers for its most important staple crop; it is growing more and more dependent each and every year. Mexico's government wants to reverse this dynamic, but the US has other ideas.