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U.S. Lashes Out Against WTO For Flawed, 'Paradoxical' Rulings On COOL

June 3, 2015 at 11:29 AM
The United States late last week blasted the World Trade Organization for consistently handing down what it said were flawed and paradoxical rulings against U.S. country-of-origin labeling (COOL) for meat that leave members with no viable, WTO-consistent way to deliver information to consumers about the origin of livestock. The U.S. criticism came at a May 29 special session of the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), where it adopted the WTO Appellate Body's report in the compliance phase of the long-running...


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