Explainer: What is the US-Mexico GM corn dispute about?

March 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. has requested formal trade consultations with Mexico over the Latin American country's plans to restrict imports of genetically modified corn.

The North American neighbors will inch closer to a full-blown trade dispute under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade (USMCA) if there is no resolution during the talks, which Mexico says will last one month.

WHAT DOES MEXICO'S GMO CORN DECREE SAY?

Mexico published a presidential decree on genetically modified (GM) corn in late 2020, saying it would ban GM corn in the diets . . .