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Pressure mounts for changes to country-of-origin labelling

WTO ruling sets the stage for U.S. repeal of COOL

By Alex Binkley, Jennifer Paige, Reuters May 28, 2015

The United States has three months to repeal its country-of-origin labelling program on beef and pork imports before Canada and Mexico will proceed with billions of dollars’ worth of retaliatory tariffs on American goods. In the wake of the World Trade Organization’s final decision May 18 that COOL violates international trade rules, the House of

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. bill to repeal COOL advances

By GFM Network News, Reuters May 20, 2015

Washington | Reuters — U.S. legislation to repeal country-of-origin meat labelling (COOL) laws, which the World Trade Organization found discriminate against Mexico and Canada, passed a congressional committee on Wednesday and moved one step closer to becoming law. The House of Representatives’ agriculture committee approved the bill on a vote of 38-6, clearing the way

Livestock, Opinion

Editorial: Time to quit fighting COOL

By John Morriss March 16, 2015

Maybe we missed it, but somehow we expected there would be more of a buzz when McDonald’s announced that it had chosen Canada for its first-ever project to source sustainable beef. We saw no industry or government releases welcoming the announcement, which seems a bit odd. After all, McDonald’s is North America’s largest beef buyer.

Opinion

Editorial: Foraging for a national voice

By Laura Rance-Unger December 8, 2014

Just four years since its inception, the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association is struggling after losing the support of the sector that arguably benefits the most from its activities. Eighty per cent of Canada’s beef production depends on forages as the main feed source. Of the $5.1 billion of economic activity forages contribute to the

Livestock, National news

U.S. appeals latest WTO ruling on COOL

Retaliatory tariffs are now delayed

By Dave Bedard December 5, 2014

Canada will have to wait up to three more months before it can impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods over Washington’s mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law on meat from imported livestock. The U.S. government filed a notice of appeal Nov. 28 against the latest ruling by a World Trade Organization (WTO) compliance panel, which last

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News

U.S. set to continue COOL fight at WTO

A third ruling backing Canada’s complaint  will likely be appealed

By Alex Binkley November 3, 2014

Despite three straight rejections of its controversial country-of-origin labelling (COOL) program on imported beef and pork by the World Trade Organization, various reports suggest the United States isn’t prepared to concede defeat on the issue. It’s expected to appeal a Compliance Panel ruling that solidly endorsed two earlier WTO panel decisions that COOL violates international

Beef cattle, Opinion

Editorial: Winning at the WTO for real

By Laura Rance-Unger November 3, 2014

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

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News

Ottawa again turns to the WTO in battle over U.S. labelling law

By Alex Binkley May 29, 2013

Canada will go back to the World Trade Organization — rather than impose sanctions — to try and get Washington to change or scrap its country-of-origin labelling law rules that discriminate against Canadian beef and pork. “There is a WTO process we intend to follow that takes time,” said Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. “We will

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets, News

Ritz fights COOL in Washington

By Alex Binkley April 11, 2013

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and representatives of the pork and beef sector were in Washington April 8 trying once more to convince the Obama administration to comply with a trade ruling against a protectionist U.S. labelling rule. The World Trade Organization gave the U.S. until May 23 to end its discrimination against Canadian and Mexican

Livestock Markets, Opinion

COOL: Some are for it, some are not

By Daryll E. Ray, Harwood D. Schaffer April 9, 2013

More than a decade after mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) was first included in the Farm Bill, the debate continues. We’ve examined a legal opinion by the legal firm Stewart and Stewart (S&S) — paid for by the National Farmers Union, the United States Cattleman’s Association, the Food and Water Watch, and Public Citizen’s Global Trade

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soy futures hit June 2024 high as China ramps up buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rebound after tariff reduction news

Canadian food, agriculture coalition to underscore CUSMA importance in Washington

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