Canada Not COOL With USA; Goes To WTO
Canada is taking the United States to the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) Dispute Settlement Body on Oct. 23rd over country of origin labeling. Country of origin labeling (COOL) in the U.S. is an...
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WTO Panel to Settle COOL Dispute
America’s County of Origin Labeling (COOL) requirements for retail sales of meat and certain perishable commodities are in danger of being declared unfair trade practices. The World Trade Organization...
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Africa Gets Places at World Food Safety Table
Africa is getting chairs at the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) table where food safety and animal and plant health issues are decided. WTO is giving observer status to three regional organizations...
View ArticleWTO Charts China’s Growth as Food Exporter
The new World Trade Organization (WTO) report criticizing Beijing’s policy on export curbs also paints a picture of China as the largest agricultural producer on the planet. WTO’s third review of...
View ArticleNo WTO Appeal on Chinese Chicken Dispute
with U.S. officials did not appeal the World Trade Orgnization’s ruling against U.S. restrictions on the import of Chinese chicken. Existing appropriations restrictions limited the U.S. Department of...
View ArticleWTO Is COOL on Canada and Mexico; Not USA
In the world of international diplomacy, it’s apparently more important to massage egos than to risk hurt feelings. So a “dispute panel” appointed by the World Trade Organization (WTO) has decided to...
View ArticleWTO Strikes Down Country-of-Origin Labeling
Country-of-origin labeling (COOL), a 2002 idea that was written into law in the 2008 Farm Bill, is a technical barrier to free trade and therefore violates trade agreements the United States has with...
View ArticleWTO Cannot Change U.S. Law, Trade Representative’s Office Says
The first thing a federal judge in Denver is going to have to sort out when hearing the controversy over country of origin labeling (COOL) is whether a dispute really exists. It’s possible there is a...
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Why Low-Income Countries Should Care About Food Safety
Food safety is one of the most ignored areas of policy in low-income countries, especially in Africa. As a result, food systems in these countries are not always as well organized and comprehensive as...
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More U.S. Chickens Going to China After WTO Ruling
The World Trade Organization (WTO) struck down China’s anti-dumping and countervailing duty measures on broiler chickens from the United States on Aug. 2. Since China imposed anti-dumping and...
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Another Barrier to U.S.-China Chicken Trade Knocked Down
Few, if any, U.S.-born chickens are going to be getting on a boat or plane for processing in China unless and until the little matter of tariffs totaling more than 135 percent goes away. And that may...
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Farm Bill: No Repeal of Country-of-Origin Labeling
Livestock groups are expressing disappointment that “a fix” to country-of-origin labeling (COOL) was not included in the final farm bill and warning that they plan to actively oppose its passage...
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Groups Jockey for Position Ahead of Final WTO Decision on COOL
As the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) final decision regarding country of origin labeling (COOL) looms, industry is asking Congress to prepare for a judgment against the U.S. “With little potential...
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Sources: WTO Ruled Against U.S. on Country-of-Origin Labeling
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled against the U.S. in a trade dispute with Canada and Mexico over country-of-origin labeling for meat products, according to anonymous sources who spoke to...
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Senators to Colleagues: Don’t ‘Pre-Emptively Weaken’ COOL
Over the summer, more than 100 members of Congress called for repeal of country-of-origin labeling (COOL) if the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled against the U.S. in its trade dispute with Canada...
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WTO Rules Against Country-of-Origin Labeling on Meat in U.S.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled in favor of Canada and Mexico in an ongoing dispute with the United States over country-of-origin labeling (COOL) on meat. The latest U.S. labeling rules,...
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Industry Groups Ask Congress to Rescind Parts of COOL to Avoid Tariffs
In a letter to Congress on Thursday, numerous U.S. manufacturing and agricultural interests formally began a campaign to remove elements of the country of-origin labeling (COOL) laws which apply to...
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WTO Announces U.S. Appeal of COOL Decision, But No Details Yet
Not much is really known about the appeal that went public the Friday after Thanksgiving over the controversial U.S. country-of-origin meat labeling scheme — often called COOL — which has repeatedly...
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The Top 10 Food-Safety News Stories of 2014
The top 10 food-safety news stories for 2014, as chosen for the sixth consecutive year by the editors of Food Safety News, were announced today. According to the Internet news site, here are this...
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European Union Expands COOL Requirements Beyond Beef
Almost a decade after the first country-of-origin labeling (COOL) of beef was required in Europe, no packaged unprocessed meat product may now be legally sold in any European Union member country...
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