U.S. Challenging Canadian Measures Discriminating Against Imported Wine

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/08/2017 - 01:14

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has launched a World Trade Organization case challenging regulations maintained by the Canadian province of British Columbia that exclude imported wine from being sold on regular grocery store shelves. USTR asserts that these “discriminatory regulations … intentionally undermine free and fair competition and appear to breach Canada’s commitments as a WTO member.”...

This was excerpted from 23 January 2017 edition of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report.