News - World Trade Organization

The member of parliament for Selkirk-Interlake remains hopeful Canada and the United States can work out their differences over U.S. Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling without the need for World Trade Organization involvement.

Canada’s Minister of International Trade says the Republic of Korea will need to show signs of movement on a number of issues in order to justify of resumption of negotiations aimed at achieving a free trade agreement between the two nations.

The chair of Manitoba Pork Council reports a growing number of Canadian pork producers believe Ottawa needs to impose the same labelling rules on U.S. pork entering Canada as is required for Canadian product entering the U.S.

The executive director of Canada Pork International says in the absence of progress at the World Trade Organization Canada’s alternative is to enter bilateral free trade agreements with as many countries as possible.

The Canadian Pork Council says, with the slow progress in multilateral trade talks at the World Trade Organization, the establishment of individual bilateral trade agreements is crucial to the success of Canada’s pork industry.

The Canadian Pork Council welcomes the government of Canada’s announcement to proceed with a World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel regarding the United States’ Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling Legislation (US COOL).

The federal government has announced it will ask the World Trade Organization for a panel to resolve Canada’s dispute with the United States over U.S. Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labelling.

The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, and the Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board, announced that the Government of Canada is requesting the establishment of a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel on the issue of South Korea’s continuing ban on the importation of Canadian beef.

Canada’s international trade minister reports signs that World Trade Organization negotiations aimed at securing a new multilateral free trade agreement may be ready to get back on track.

The Government of Canada is calling on the World Trade Organization (WTO) to begin consultations to address South Korea’s continuing unjustified ban on the importation of Canadian beef, the Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, announced.