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Can US corn lobby seize a victory in Mexico as well?

Wednesday, September 27, 2017


Despite decidedly mixed scientific research on whether its product helps or harms the environment, the lobby for the use of corn-based ethanol in the United States has been extremely successful in acquiring and perpetuating mandates and subsidies for the use of its product in motor fuels for many years now.

But, not satisfied with maintaining its mandates in U.S. fuel markets alone, the ethanol lobby has gone global, most notably through recent efforts in Mexico.

Source: Forbes