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Mexico To Hold Off On COOL Legal Challenge For Now

March 13, 2009 at 5:00 AM
Mexico is holding off on requesting the establishment of a World Trade Organization panel challenging U.S. mandatory country-of-origin (COOL) policy until it has a greater understanding of the direction the Obama administration is taking on the issue, sources this week said. While a final rule on COOL is scheduled to take effect March 16, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has pushed U.S. packers to take on additional obligations that go beyond the final rule, and has warned that failure to do...

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