The World Trade Organization (WTO) has set a deadline of May 23, 2013 for the United States to modify its country-of-origin labeling (COOL) requirements for meat to come into compliance. 

P. Scott Shearer, Vice President

December 10, 2012

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COOL Compliance Deadline Set

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has set a deadline of May 23, 2013 for the United States to modify its country-of-origin labeling (COOL) requirements for meat to come into compliance. Earlier this year, the United States lost an appeal of the case brought by Canada and Mexico, claiming the COOL requirements violated previous trade agreements by affording less favorable treatment to imported livestock than to domestic livestock. 

About the Author(s)

P. Scott Shearer

Vice President, Bockorny Group, Inc.

Scott Shearer is vice president of the Bockorny Group Inc., a leading bipartisan government affairs consulting firm in Washington, D.C. With more than 30 years experience in government and corporate relations in state and national arenas, he is recognized as a leader in agricultural trade issues, having served as co-chairman of the Agricultural Coalition for U.S.-China Trade and co-chairman of the Agricultural Coalition for Trade Promotion Authority. Scott was instrumental in the passage of China Permanent Normal Trade Relations and TPA. He is past chairman of the USDA-USTR Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Animals and Animal Products and was a member of the USAID Food Security Advisory Committee. Prior to joining the Bockorny Group, Scott served as director of national relations for Farmland Industries Inc., as well as USDA’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs (1993-96), serving as liaison for the Secretary of Agriculture and the USDA to Congress.

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