Last year, the US exported $18.5 billion worth of corn. More than a quarter of it went to Mexico. But Mexico’s president is now trying to ban the import of genetically modified corn. As Harvest Public Media’s Dana Cronin explains, the president’s decree pits cultural conviction against a major international trade agreement.
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