Insights and Stories on COOL

Mexico halts bid for COOL retaliation

Dec. 20, 2015 at 1:27 am CST

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico has halted a bid to impose retaliatory trade measures on the U.S. over meat labeling rules after U.S. lawmakers repealed them this week, a Mexican government official said. Mexico had announced earlier this month it would start internal procedures to strip benefits from some […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rally limit-up before report

Dec. 18, 2015 at 6:06 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. Congress repeals COOL on beef, pork

Dec. 18, 2015 at 4:06 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Canada not yet pulling trade trigger on COOL

Dec. 16, 2015 at 2:41 pm CST

By Reuters

Clock ticking to avoid North American food fight

Dec. 16, 2015 at 12:27 pm CST

By Rod Nickel

Trudeau says prefers to avoid COOL retaliation on U.S.

Dec. 10, 2015 at 3:16 am CST

Ottawa | Reuters –– Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday he would prefer not to apply sanctions against the U.S. over a meat labeling dispute, but at the same time warned that he would stand up for Canada’s farmers. Earlier this week, the World Trade Organization authorized an annual retaliation […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: COOL news weighs on CME live cattle, hogs

Dec. 7, 2015 at 5:23 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Monday, partly led by the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) ruling against the U.S. in a meat-labeling dispute, said traders. Canada and Mexico may impose tariffs worth $1 billion onto U.S.-traded products, a WTO panel ruled on Monday, as […]

By Theopolis Waters

WTO dials back Canada’s COOL retaliation

Dec. 7, 2015 at 2:17 pm CST

Canada will be able to take only about a third of the revenge it asked the World Trade Organization to authorize over the United States’ country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law. An arbitration panel of the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) ruled Monday that Canada and Mexico may now ask the DSB […]

By Dave Bedard

CME to revamp cattle delivery rules before COOL vote

Dec. 4, 2015 at 2:23 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — CME Group plans changes to its rules for live cattle futures, requiring that all cattle delivered against the contract must be born and raised solely in the U.S., the exchange said in a statement Friday. The new requirement, effective Dec. 18, covers all currently listed trading […]

By Reuters

MacAulay favours TPP deal, poised for trade fight with U.S.

Nov. 10, 2015 at 3:39 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Canada’s new agriculture minister said Tuesday he likely will support the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiated by the previous government, and is inclined to retaliate against the U.S. over a long-standing meat-labeling dispute. The Liberal government, elected last month, has not taken a firm position yet on whether […]

By Rod Nickel

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