Approval of the bill came just two days after a WTO Appellate Body confirmed for the fourth time that U.S. mandatory country-of-origin labeling rules are a violation of the United States’ WTO obligations.
Canada announced plans to impose tariffs on a list of U.S. products in retaliation for the COOL (country-of-origin labeling) requirement for meat products.
The World Trade Organization has ruled that the United States must bring its country-of-origin labeling rules into compliance with an earlier WTO ruling by May 23, 2013.
