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Earlier this month, U.S. Trade Representative’s Office requested technical consultations with Mexico regarding its proposed ban on GMO corn imports from the U.S.  The request is under the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Chapter of USMCA.  Ag Secretary ...

One of the key agricultural based achievements in the recent trade agreements in the US, Mexico and Canada according to the chief agricultural negotiator for the US Representative’s office, Gregg Doud. "There's a discussion about standards for biotechnology and consultations about new about new types of biotechnology like gene editing." ...

For producers who rely on exports, sanitary and phytosanitary issues are second only to tariffs when it comes to potential trade barriers.   Deputy Administrator of the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service Robert Macke noted, “I would say that SPS issues and the related technical barriers to trade that often fringe on the edge of SPS issues probably take up about 75 percent of our work so it is a m