Canada awarded right to $1B in WTO trade sanctions against U.S. over meat-labelling rules

Canada has been awarded the right to seek $1 billion in trade sanctions against the United States by a World Trade Organization panel in a dispute over American meat-labelling rules that single out foreign beef and pork.

The Liberal government said it will "quickly take steps to retaliate" against the U.S. if the labelling requirements aren't dropped promptly.

At issue is the U.S.'s mandatory labelling for meat, which requires grocery stickers explaining where livestock was born, raised and slaughtered.

This has been excerpted from the 7 December 2015 edition of CBC News and is available in its entirety at:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-u-s-meat-labelling-wto-1.3354048