The Minnesota Pork Producers Association is calling on the U.S. government to accept the World Trade Organization’s ruling on Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling and move to restore normal trading relations.
The U.S. based National Pork Producers Council is calling on the U.S. government to postpone implementation of proposed changes to U.S. Mandatory COOL until the World Trade Organization has fully addressed the issue.
Canada’s agriculture minister says Ottawa will consider all options should the U.S. fail to bring U.S. Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling into compliance with its international trading obligations by May 23.
The general manager of Manitoba Pork Council warns proposed changes to U.S. Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling will bring further harm to the U.S. pork industry.
During a trade mission to Minnesota yesterday, Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Ron Kostyshyn expressed concerns with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s proposed changes to the United States’ country of origin labelling (COOL) regulations.
A pork specialist with Alberta Agriculture reports producers of Canadian slaughter hogs, isoweans and feeder pigs and Canadian pork processors have faced the greatest hurt from U.S. Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling.
The National Pork Producers Council is urging the U.S. government to comply with a WTO ruling on Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling to head off any potential trade war with its partners in NAFTA.
The chair of the Canadian Pork Council says Canada’s pork producers remain hopeful the U.S. government will bring Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling into compliance with it’s World Trade Organization obligations without the need for retaliatory tariffs.
The executive director of the Canadian Pork Council says Canada’s pork producers are hopeful the U.S. will avoid the prospects of retaliatory tariffs by bringing Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling into compliance with its international trade obligations.
The president of the Canadian Meat Council suggests making U.S. Country of Origin Labelling voluntary would bring a trade dispute involving the U.S. Canada and Mexico to an end.
