Trade: Canada demand for COOL repeal intact
Trade

Canada demand for COOL repeal intact

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada provides 19 research centres all over the country.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada provides 19 research centres all over the country.

CANADA, Ottawa. Canada’s new agriculture minister said the new liberal government will continue demands for a full repeal of the United States’ country of origin labelling (COOL) rule.

Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay said he had discussed COOL with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and the US Ambassador to Canada Bruce Hayman.



This is grim news for supporters of COOL, who previously urged the US administration to offer the Canadian government a concession in exchange for support of US mandatory COOL.

Canada and Mexico are seeking more than $3 bn. in tariffs against the US for failing to repeal COOL. The US House of Representatives voted to repeal COOL, while Sens. Debbie Stabenow and John Hoeven introduced a bill that repeals COOL and replaces it with a voluntary system. The World Trade Organization is due to release its ruling on 7 December.

Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada




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