WTO rejects final U.S. appeal on meat labelling

Canada and Mexico have defeated the United States' meat-labelling rules at the World Trade Organization, winning a final appeal that could pave the way to retaliatory sanctions.

If the U.S. wants to avoid a broader trade war, Monday's decision means it might have to drop its insistence on special grocery-store labels that identify meat by its country of origin.

Failure to fix the meat-labelling requirement could lead to tariffs on a wide range of U.S. products, including wine, chocolate, cereal and frozen orange juice.

This has been excerpted from the 18 May 2015 edition of CBC News and is available in its entirety at:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/wto-rejects-final-u-s-appeal-on-meat-labelling-1.3078050

Those who wish to read more on this subject may want to review these articles:
Appellate Body issues report on “United States — Country of origin labelling requirements”
https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news15_e/384_386abrw_e.htm

Gerry Ritz, Ed Fast to respond today to WTO meat labelling victory
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/gerry-ritz-ed-fast-to-respond-today-to-wto-meat-labelling-victory-1.3078725