“The panel’s decision reaffirms long-standing U.S. concerns about Mexico’s biotechnology policies and their detrimental impact on U.S. agricultural exports,” said Ambassador Katherine Tai.
This decision in favor of the United States was anticipated by Mexico, since a preliminary report agreed with it.
The Ministry of Economy said that although the government does not share the panel’s determination, it will respect it, since the dispute settlement system of the T-MEC is a key piece of said treaty, as was demonstrated in the case on Rules of Origin of the automotive sector that was favorable for Mexico.
The USTR noted that the resolution guarantees that American producers and exporters will continue to have full and fair access to the Mexican market, and is a victory for the fair, open, science- and standards-based trade that serves as the basis of the T- MEC, as agreed by all parties.
Exports from the United States to Mexico of corn exceed the 5,000 million dollars .
According to the panel’s resolution, Mexico’s measures contradicted decades of evidence demonstrating the safety of agricultural biotechnology, supported by science- and risk-based regulatory review systems.
Tai said that the result supports our efforts to maintain a solid, science-based commercial relationship that benefits American producers and consumers in both the United States and Mexico.
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