COOL on Ice It will be more than four-and-a-half years after the U.S. implemented an intentionally discriminatory country of origin labeling (COOL) requirement before it has to change, and even that is not assured. A WTO arbitrator has concluded that 23 May 2013 allows sufficient time for a change in U.S. law, though history shows that Congress can move in a matter of days, months, years or never at all. One group has filed a frivolous lawsuit claiming the WTO lacks jurisdiction for requiring COOL's end, though such a notion completely undermines international law and consequently national security. The complainants, Canada and Mexico, will now need to construct politically savvy product retaliation lists in order to pressure Washington...
Yesterday, Alberta held a referendum on whether to begin the process toward independence from Canada. With more than one million votes counted as of early Tuesday morning, around 77 percent supported remaining in Canada, and 23 percent voted to start the process of separation, according to unof...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Pakistan’s smaller wheat farmers have been holding protests to complain about the lack of a support price for wheat and the potential expansion of GMO crop production. They also want the reinstatement of PASSCO, the governme...
What You Need to Know Today: Harvest pressure in the U.S. sent corn and soybeans lower as supplies increased and there were signs USDA’s upward revisions to yields in the October WASDE could be close to right. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine escalated over the weekend, with Ukrai...
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