Mexico and US still far apart on corn import ban | app

MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. officials said Monday they are still a long way from an agreement with Mexico over that country’s plans to ban imports of genetically modified corn for human consumption.

Mexico said it could eventually ban GM corn for animal feed, but expressed hope that some sort of joint agreement could be reached to study the issue.

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