The Corn War
Uncle Sam’s agricultural exports are not just a business. They go beyond that. Food production is a key and powerful weapon that he has been oiling for decades. As Peter Rosset has pointed out, war, food and intellectual property rights have been closely linked to White House economic strategy since the 1970s. Military industrial development, massive grain production and patents have been pillars of U.S. hegemony in the world economy. Food is an instrument of imperial pressure.
With U.S. pressure once again bearing down on Mexico through T-MEC (NAFTA’s replacement), and Mexico pushing back, “the corn war has escalated.”