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