WTO Rules Against United States on Revised Country of Origin Labeling

Although it found that the United States has a right to require country of origin labels for meat products, the compliance Panel concluded that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) revised COOL regulations failed to bring the United States into compliance with earlier Panel and Appellate Body findings that the COOL requirements treat Canadian and Mexican livestock less favorably than domestic livestock in violation of WTO rules.

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Authored by Gary Kushner, Brian Eyink, and Leigh Barcham.