Border Remains Closed to Mexican Livestock and Corn Growers Urge USMCA Renewal
From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson and this is your Agribusiness Update.
**Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says the U.S. IS NOT ready to open its border once again to cattle imports from Mexico; after largely shutting down livestock imports in May.
Despite that, Rollins said Mexico’s efforts to contain the flesh-eating New World Screwworm are progressing well.
Rollins recently traveled to Mexico City to meet with officials, including President Claudia Sheinbaum, to tell them the White House is focused on reopening the border.
**The National Corn Growers Association urged the White House to support a full 16-year renewal of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
NCGA President Jed Bower made the request to the U.S. Trade Representative, pointing to the USMCA’s role in facilitating and strengthening corn exports to Mexico and Canada,
All three countries must consider whether to extend the USMCA and are required to begin review by July 2026. If not, it automatically expires in 2036.
**At the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, world leaders sharply criticized President Trump’s climate-change stance, warning his absence undermines global cooperation.
The summit includes a bold plan to mobilize $1.3 trillion annually for climate finance, and private-sector participation toward low-carbon development.
Brazilian organizers say the gathering in the Amazon forest underscores the urgency of preserving landscapes vital to regulating global temperature.
Representatives from India, Russia, and China are also absent.
