date:May 22, 2014
2 that the U.S. rule that certain cuts of meat must display the country of origin was not in compliance with WTO obligations.
We need to either dramatically rewrite that rule or eliminate it, Smith said. I'm afraid what could happen is trade retaliation from our good trading partners in Canada and Mexico, and frankly I wouldn't blame them.
Canada has already named a series of U.S. products, including pork, for possible retaliation.