Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo announced that in February 2025, Congress will legislate on the prohibition of planting genetically modified corn in national territory with the aim of protecting the country’s biodiversity, in response to the resolution of the panel of the Treaty between Mexico, the United States and Canada (T-MEC) on measures related to genetically modified corn.

“The Mexican Congress, here with the help of the senators and deputies, we are going to turn this resolution around, because very soon, in February (in the next session period), they are going to legislate, I am sure, that transgenic corn cannot be planted and that Mexico’s biodiversity must be protected in our country. As we say: Without corn, there is no country!”

However, on December 20, 2024, the Panel established under Chapter 31 (Dispute Settlement) of the Treaty between the United Mexican States, the United States of America and Canada (USMCA) distributed to the Parties in dispute its Final Report on the case Mexico – measures related to genetically modified corn (MEX-USA-2023-31-01).

As part of its conclusions, the Panel considered that some elements of the Decree on glyphosate and genetically modified corn, published in the Official Journal of the Federation on February 13, 2023, cannot be applied “because they are not based on an adequate risk assessment, scientific evidence and relevant international standards.”