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COOL as is can’t be patched to satisfy WTO, Vilsack says

By Farmtario Staff November 19, 2014

U.S. federal officials don’t see a way their mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) legislation can do what it was designed to do and satisfy global trade rules at the same time. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, speaking Monday on a U.S. Department of Agriculture podcast, said officials “do not think that there is a regulatory fix” for […] Read more

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U.S. official urges deal on COOL clash

October 21, 2014

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 […] Read more

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

By Dave Bedard October 20, 2014

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 […] Read more

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COOL as is can’t be patched to satisfy WTO, Vilsack says

U.S. official urges deal on COOL clash

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

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