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Canada, EU, China, others agree on temporary fix to WTO crisis

By Luke Baker, philip-blenkinsop January 25, 2020

Brussels/Davos | Reuters — Canada, the European Union, China and 14 other World Trade Organization members agreed on Friday to create a temporary mechanism to settle trade disputes after U.S. action rendered the WTO incapable last month of acting as the umpire of global trade. The Canadian government and the European Commission said separately that […] Read more

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U.S. seals demise of WTO appeals bench, trade officials say

By stephanie-nebehay December 9, 2019

Geneva | Reuters — The fate of the World Trade Organization’s top court was effectively sealed on Monday after the United States said it would not back a proposal to allow it to continue, trade officials said, although the WTO chief vowed to find a solution. The Trump administration has been blocking appointments to the […] Read more

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WTO tussles over hard stop or phase-out of appeals system

By Reuters December 3, 2019

Geneva | Reuters — The World Trade Organization (WTO) battled on Tuesday over whether to bring its Appellate Body to an abrupt halt or allow its adjudicators to settle a handful of pending cases, according to trade officials present at a meeting on the subject. The Trump administration has for more than two years been […] Read more

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U.S. seen likely to win in effort to shut down WTO’s appeals court

By Tom Miles October 5, 2018

Geneva | Reuters — The United States is likely to succeed in shutting down the World Trade Organization’s supreme court because other WTO members are powerless to stop it, diplomats, lawyers and officials said at a conference in Geneva on Friday. The United States has blocked appointments of judges to the Appellate Body, throwing the […] Read more

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NAFTA countries debate COOL harm at WTO

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 17, 2015

Canada and Mexico have made their case before a World Trade Organization arbitration panel on how much tariff revenge they’re allowed to impose on U.S. goods over country-of-origin labelling (COOL). The WTO “has ruled four times that the U.S.’s COOL rules are discriminatory,” Canadian Pork Council chairman Rick Bergmann said in a council release Wednesday […] Read more

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WTO panel rejects final U.S. appeal on COOL

By Dave Bedard May 18, 2015

Canada is set to ask the World Trade Organization to allow a long list of retaliatory tariffs against U.S. agrifoods and other goods, after a WTO panel shot down Washington’s final defense of its country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law on meat. The WTO Appellate Body on Monday released its report on the U.S. government’s appeal of […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

WTO appeal panel to rule on COOL by mid-May at latest

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 5, 2015

A World Trade Organization panel, after hearing the U.S. government’s appeal in defense of mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) for meat, now expects to file its decision no later than May 18. The WTO Appellate Body, which on Feb. 17 heard the U.S. appeal and rebuttals from Canada and Mexico, served notice Thursday to the WTO […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

U.S. ‘intransigence’ continues in WTO COOL hearing: officials

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 17, 2015

The U.S. government’s defense of its country-of-origin labelling (COOL) rule still shows “blatant protectionism and intransigence” according to Canadian officials at what’s expected to be the law’s last appearance before the World Trade Organization (WTO). U.S., Canadian and Mexican officials appeared Tuesday in Geneva before the WTO Appellate Body, where the U.S. hopes to overturn […] Read more

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U.S. defense of COOL goes to WTO in February

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 29, 2015

The U.S. government will have its day at the World Trade Organization next month, as its defense of its mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) laws for retail meat is now booked for an oral hearing. The WTO’s Appellate Body division has scheduled its hearing of the U.S. government’s appeal for Feb. 16 and 17 at WTO […] Read more

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Canada, EU, China, others agree on temporary fix to WTO crisis

U.S. seals demise of WTO appeals bench, trade officials say

WTO tussles over hard stop or phase-out of appeals system

U.S. seen likely to win in effort to shut down WTO’s appeals court

NAFTA countries debate COOL harm at WTO

WTO panel rejects final U.S. appeal on COOL

WTO appeal panel to rule on COOL by mid-May at latest

U.S. ‘intransigence’ continues in WTO COOL hearing: officials

U.S. defense of COOL goes to WTO in February

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