Insights and Stories on WTO

NAFTA countries debate COOL harm at WTO

Sep. 17, 2015 at 8:43 pm CDT

Canada and Mexico have made their case before a World Trade Organization arbitration panel on how much tariff revenge they’re allowed to impose on U.S. goods over country-of-origin labelling (COOL). The WTO “has ruled four times that the U.S.’s COOL rules are discriminatory,” Canadian Pork Council chairman Rick Bergmann said […]

Voluntary COOL still not OK: Ritz and Fast

Jul. 24, 2015 at 9:08 am CDT

By Staff

U.S. seeks arbitration at WTO over COOL-related sanctions

Jun. 17, 2015 at 6:39 pm CDT

By Staff

U.S. House of Representatives votes to scrap COOL

Jun. 11, 2015 at 12:03 am CDT

By Krista Hughes

WTO booked to hear Canada’s COOL tariff case

Jun. 4, 2015 at 5:22 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Canada preparing shorter list of tariff targets in COOL fight

Jun. 2, 2015 at 5:58 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada is whittling down its list of U.S. products that it may hit with steep tariffs in retaliation against contentious meat-labeling laws, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said on Tuesday. The Canadian government is likely to target beef, pork, California wines, mattresses, cherries and office furniture, possibly […]

By Rod Nickel

U.S. lawmaker sees early June vote to repeal COOL

May. 19, 2015 at 11:05 am CDT

Washington | Reuters –– U.S. House of Representatives agriculture committee chairman Mike Conaway said on Tuesday he expects an early June vote on legislation to repeal U.S. meat labeling laws, to avoid costly retaliation from Canada and Mexico. Canada and Mexico began preparing retaliatory steps against U.S. goods on Monday, […]

By Reuters

WTO panel rejects final U.S. appeal on COOL

May. 18, 2015 at 12:28 pm CDT

Canada is set to ask the World Trade Organization to allow a long list of retaliatory tariffs against U.S. agrifoods and other goods, after a WTO panel shot down Washington’s final defense of its country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law on meat. The WTO Appellate Body on Monday released its report on […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. loses WTO appeal in meat labeling dispute: source

May. 18, 2015 at 12:43 am CDT

Reuters — The United States has lost its appeal against a World Trade Organization ruling ordering it to bring its meat labeling laws into line with global trade rules, according to a government official familiar with the dispute. In 2011, Canada and Mexico won a WTO ruling that said the […]

By Reuters

Brazilian beef exporters weigh WTO case against EU

Mar. 12, 2015 at 7:56 pm CDT

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazilian meat exporters are considering taking the European Union to the World Trade Organization to challenge restrictions on their beef shipments to one of the world’s top markets, the head of the country’s beef exporters association told Reuters. A new dispute could further harm trade ties […]

By Alonso Soto

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