Insights and Stories on WTO

U.S. seeks WTO dispute panel on China’s grain import quotas

Aug. 21, 2017 at 2:31 pm CDT

Geneva | Reuters — The United States has requested a World Trade Organization panel be set up to investigate Chinese tariff-rate quotas (TRQ) for agricultural products, the WTO said on Monday, setting up a showdown between the two largest economies. The row, which includes tariffs for wheat, rice, and corn, […]

Trump wins support for possible WTO action on Canada dairy

Apr. 19, 2017 at 3:41 pm CDT

By Benjamin Weir Charlotte Greenfield

Trump’s trade nominee pledges tough enforcement

Mar. 14, 2017 at 11:55 pm CDT

By David Lawder

B.C. to defend wine industry against U.S. trade action

Jan. 18, 2017 at 9:50 pm CST

By Reuters

Cattle producers urge trade fight if Trump revives COOL

Nov. 16, 2016 at 1:51 pm CST

By Rod Nickel

New Zealand dairy industry worries over Canada pricing plan

Sep. 30, 2016 at 1:55 pm CDT

Wellington/Winnipeg | Reuters — New Zealand is closely watching changes in how Canada prices dairy products, New Zealand’s trade ministry said on Friday, as industry groups in several countries complain of unfair Canadian competition. Canada’s dairy farmers and processors, which include Saputo and Parmalat Canada, struck a pricing agreement in […]

By Rebecca Howard Rod Nickel

U.S. challenges Chinese wheat, corn, rice price supports at WTO

Sep. 13, 2016 at 3:17 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The United States on Tuesday launched a challenge to China’s price supports for domestic production of rice, wheat and corn at the World Trade Organization, charging that these far exceed limits that China committed to when it joined the WTO in 2001. The U.S. Trade Representative’s […]

By David Lawder

U.S. COOL rules formally off beef, pork

Mar. 7, 2016 at 7:28 pm CST

The U.S. Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has formally patched a long-sore spot in cross-border trade relations by pulling its country-of-origin labelling (COOL) regulations off beef and pork. The AMS, an arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), published its amendments Wednesday in the U.S. Federal Register. The changes, which […]

By Staff

Brazil soy growers seek WTO complaint against U.S.

Jan. 8, 2016 at 7:04 pm CST

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian soybean growers have asked their country to file a complaint against the U.S. at the World Trade Organization, alleging U.S. farm subsidies give an unfair advantage to the world’s top soybean producer. Brasilia-based farm group Aprosoja says those subsidies might be costing Brazilian farmers […]

By Caroline Stauffer

Canada, Mexico granted COOL retaliation power

Dec. 21, 2015 at 9:01 pm CST

Canada and Mexico may now impose retaliatory tariffs against U.S. goods at will over Washington’s country-of-origin labelling (COOL) rules — just in time for the process of erasing those rules to begin. U.S. President Barack Obama late Friday signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016, an omnibus bill approving funding […]

By Staff