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Beef cattle, Opinion

Editorial: Winning at the WTO for real

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Canadian livestock producers won something to crow about but little else in the latest WTO ruling to support their claim that the U.S. mandatory country-of-origin labelling rules are unfair and discriminatory. The ruling was accompanied by the now-familiar volley of press releases from Canadian livestock and meat producers, and more sabre-rattling by federal politicians about
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Livestock, Markets

U.S. official urges deal on COOL clash

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Washington | Reuters — A negotiated solution is the best way to resolve a trade dispute with Canada and Mexico over meat labeling in the short term, a U.S. official said Monday. A World Trade Organization compliance panel said earlier the U.S. has not done enough to change its country-of-origin labeling (COOL) rules after losing
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Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Revised U.S. COOL law still breaks trade rules, WTO panel finds

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A World Trade Organization compliance panel has ruled the U.S. government offside in its latest attempt at a trade-compliant country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law on meat. Following a long-awaited public release Monday, the ruling may give Canada and Mexico the ammunition to demand COOL be scrapped, on pain of retaliatory tariffs against a range of U.S.-made
Mature man speaking into microphone at a conference.
Crops, News

Doubling of food needs tied to poverty reduction

Cargill’s Greg Page says a 100 per cent increase in food production is doable, but it requires work, including more scientific research

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Projections that world food production must double by 2050 hinge on a very big assumption — billions of poor people getting richer, says Greg Page, Cargill’s executive chairman and former CEO. “The only way for the… 100 per cent increase in food production is if the population grows by two billion and the proportion of
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Hogs, Livestock, News

COOL not going away

Supporters will move quickly to replace if it is struck down

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Even if Canada wins its battle against country-of-origin labelling at the World Trade Organization (WTO) this summer, Canadian livestock producers could still lose the war. Congressman Collin Peterson, the ranking member of the U.S. house committee on agriculture, told reporters here last week there are groups in the U.S. that support COOL regulations and want
Livestock, Livestock Markets, News

CCA not surprised by latest COOL development

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The U.S. government has been granted an extension to appeal the controversial country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law. In November, the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled in favour of Canada and Mexico’s position that provisions of the COOL law discriminated against live hogs and cattle imported into the United States. The U.S. government was recently given an
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Lower Supplies Ease COOL Effects

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Declining pork and beef supplies in the United States have temporarily eased the impact on Canadian farmers of mandatory country-of- origin labelling (COOL), says market analyst Kevin Grier of the George Morris Centre. However, when U.S. supplies increase, Grier predicts Canadian prices will again fall below U.S. levels as U.S. packers renew their reluctance to
Hogs, Livestock, News

Keep Heat On COOL, Livestock Groups Say

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Livestock groups and the processing sector must record any example of Canadian shipments to the United States being hampered by the latest iteration of America’s COOL program, say farm leaders and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. “The industry has to document any case that violates our trade agreements with the Uni ted States ,” John Masswohl,
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