Canada joins US in trade dispute hearings against Mexico’s proposed ban on GM corn

Canada said Friday it will join a trade dispute panel that the United States requested over Mexico’s proposed limits on imports of genetically modified corn. Trade sanctions could follow if Mexico is found to have violated the U.S.-Mexico Canada free trade agreement. Mexico wants to ban GM corn for human consumption, and perhaps eventually ban it for animal feed as well, something that both its northern partners say would damage trade and violate USMCA requirements that any health or safety stan