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November 2, 2009
Country of Origing Labeling -- Protectionism? Canada thinks so
From the New York Times (Oct. 12, 2009 -- still worth posting):
Canada Seeks Redress on Food-Labeling Law
By CLIFFORD KRAUSSRatcheting up a trade dispute with the Obama administration, Canada is asking the World Trade Organization to rule against an American food-labeling law that it claims is helping to destroy much of its hog-farming industry.
The dispute concerns an American rule requiring that food products be labeled by country of origin. The Obama administration denies that the labeling policy is an act of protectionism, even though it is driving American pork producers to decrease purchases of Canadian hogs, traditionally about 7 percent of the pork consumed in the United States.
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