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WTO to Rule on Legality of U.S. Country of Origin Labeling Requirements for Food Products
TweetNovember 24, 2009
Last week, the World Trade Organization agreed to decide whether U.S. country-of-origin labeling (COOL) requirements violate global trade rules and distort agricultural trade, as alleged by Canada and Mexico.
On March 16, 2009, the
According to many Canadian and Mexican officials, U.S. COOL has led
Both Canada and Mexico allege that the COOL measures are inconsistent with U.S. commitments under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT), the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, and the Agreement on Rules of Origin.