80 Groups Blast US Interference in Mexico s Phaseout of Glyphosate and GM Corn
Published: May 3, 2021
By Jessica Corbett, staff writer at Common Dreams.
A coalition of 80 U.S. agricultural, consumer, environmental, public health, and worker groups sent a letter Thursday to key figures in the Biden administration calling for them to “respect Mexico’s sovereignty and refrain from interfering with its right to enact health-protective policies” specifically, the phaseout of the herbicide glyphosate and the cultivation of genetically modified corn.
“Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador quietly rocked the agribusiness world with his New Year’s Eve decree,” Timothy A. Wise of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (ITAP) noted earlier this year. “His administration sent an even stronger aftershock two weeks later, clarifying that the government would also phase out GM corn imports in three years and the ban would include not just corn for human consump
A coalition of 80 US agricultural, consumer, environmental, public health, and worker groups sent a letter Thursday to key figures in the Biden administration calling for them to respect Mexico s sovereignty and refrain from interfering with its right to enact health-protective policies specifically,
the phaseout of the herbicide glyphosate and the cultivation of genetically modified corn. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador quietly rocked the agribusiness world with his New Year s Eve decree, Timothy A. Wise of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (ITAP) noted earlier this year. His administration sent an even stronger aftershock two weeks later, clarifying that the government would also
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80 groups blast US interference in Mexicoâs phaseout of glyphosate and GM corn
âWe call on Secretary Vilsack and Trade Representative Tai, as key leaders in the new administration, to respect Mexico s decision to protect both public health and the integrity of Mexican farming.â
A coalition of 80 U.S. agricultural, consumer, environmental, public health, and worker groups sent a letter Thursday to key figures in the Biden administration calling for them to “respect Mexico’s sovereignty and refrain from interfering with its right to enact health-protective policies”âspecifically, the phaseout of the herbicide glyphosate and the cultivation of genetically modified corn.
Greenpeace USA
by Ryan Schleeter
Email President Biden has taken bolder steps to tackle the climate crisis than any president in history. Still, he has not yet done enough.
President Biden’s going to need to work with Congress to become the real climate leader we need him to be. The next step is for Congress to stop using public dollars to prop up fossil fuel racism.
This Friday marks 100 days of the Biden administration. Today, as President Biden prepares to address both houses of Congress for the first time since taking office, Greenpeace USA is releasing an updated progress report for Biden’s climate and environmental policy as president.