An ever-increasing number of sanitary and phytosanitary measures which affect the agricultural and food industries are giving rise to specific trade concerns at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
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Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations
September 2, 2015
Subscribers may be interested in the following, published on 15 August 2015 in Part I of the Canada Gazette.
Canadian International Trade Tribunal
Appeals - Notice No. HA-2015-009
U.S. Argues for Sharply Lower Level of Retaliation in COOL Dispute
August 29, 2015
The United States is protesting the level of retaliatory sanctions that Canada and Mexico have requested World Trade Organization authorization to impose against imports of U.S. goods in a long-running dispute over U.S. mandatory country of origin labeling requirements for meat products.
[US] CBP Ruling Changes
August 29, 2015
The following proposed or final revocations and modifications of U.S. Customs and Border Protection rulings on classification, marking and preferential treatment are included in the July 29, 2015, Customs Bulletin and Decisions. Comments on the proposed revocations and modifications are due no later than Aug.
WTO Stumbles Again on Doha Round
August 29, 2015
World Trade Organization members missed a July 31 deadline for completing a work program aimed at restarting the long-running Doha Round negotiations. Some observers say progress is still possible at the WTO’s next ministerial meeting in Kenya this December, but others say that will only happen if the scope of the deal is narrowed.