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Podcast: Food Chain Radio Podcast with Michael Olson
Episode: #1331 Food Fight: Mexico V. USA
Description: Christine McDaniel  /  Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center George Mason University & Fellow Clayton Yeutter Institute of International Trade at the University of Nebraska
The United States appears to be getting into a food fight with Mexico… over corn!
Regulators in Mexico are moving to ban genetically re-engineered corn for human consumption.  This ban would protect Mexican consumers from the perceived dangers of eating U.S. biotech corn, and would encourage the growth of Mexico’s domestic corn production.  This ban of biotech corn sounds like a very good deal for Mexican farmers.
But, the biotech...