Insights and Stories on WTO

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 […]

Mexico halts bid for COOL retaliation

Dec. 20, 2015 at 1:27 am CST

By Reuters

WTO backs agricultural reforms, split on Doha

Dec. 20, 2015 at 1:10 am CST

By Edith Honan

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

Winnipeg | Reuters –– The North American spat pitting Canada and Mexico against the U.S. over meat labels has sown confusion among producers and shippers in all three countries, with a trade war potentially just weeks away. The World Trade Organization on Monday authorized Canada and Mexico, the biggest markets […]

By Rod Nickel

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

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

COOL saga winding down, but not over yet

Sep. 24, 2015 at 5:20 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– The seven-year saga of U.S. country of origin labelling (COOL) rules and their adverse impact on Canada’s livestock sector may be nearing its final chapter, but the conclusion still needs to be written. After numerous complaints and appeals with the World Trade Organization, the COOL regulations in […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

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