Meat labelling law repealed by U.S. Congress after Canada threatens retaliation

From:Globalnews.ca

Packaged meat is seen at a grocery store Tuesday, May 19, 2015 in Montreal.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

OTTAWA – The controversial U-S meat labelling law known as COOL (Country of Origin Labelling) has been scrapped by the U-S Congress, averting a potential trade war between Canada and the U-S.

Earlier this year, the World Trade Organization ruled the legislation violated international trade rules, and granted Canada and Mexico the right to impose one-billion dollars in punitive tariffs on various American products.

Global News
On the surface, the law was made to inform American consumers where their meat was coming from. But in Canada and Mexico, it was seen as protectionist.

Some American packing plants decided against accepting Canadian beef or pork because of the additional expenses of identifying and separating non-U.S. product.

Claims: 
The copyrights of articles in the website belong to authors. Please inform us if there is any violation of intellectual property and we will delete the articles immediately.