The Canadian complaint about the U.S. voluntary COOL is that it still requires labeling based on where animals are born, raised and slaughtered. That necessitates action that the WTO already ruled against. Canadians Reject Voluntary COOL The Senate Agriculture Committee has generated two repeal versions of the mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL): one by Chairman Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) for outright repeal of COOL and the other by Ranking Minority Member Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) that would replace the mandatory COOL with a voluntary measure. Canada has rejected the voluntary labeling approach and may still impose retaliatory tariffs as might Mexico during the time that the U.S. could be able to seek a WTO ruling on the voluntary...

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