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Canada’s minister of agriculture remains hopeful the prospects of retaliatory tariffs on imported U.S. products will prompt the United States to address Canadian and Mexican concerns over Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling.

The chair of Manitoba Pork says pork producers on both sides of the Canada U.S. border and U.S. pork processing plants continue to suffer from the effects of U.S, Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling.

A past chair of the Canadian Pork Council is calling on the U.S. government to respect its obligations under free trade agreements as it expects other nations respect their commitments.

The general manager of Manitoba Pork is urging the U.S. government to consider alternative options to COOL for providing product information to consumers.

Canada’s meat processing industry is reiterating its calls on the U.S. government to respect its international trade obligations.

Manitoba’s minister of agriculture says there’s widespread agreement that the issue of U.S. Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling issue needs to be resolved.

Agriculture, Food, and Rural Development Minister Ron Kostyshyn responded to a federal Appeal Court ruling this week which upheld new government rules requiring labels on packaged meat to state where the animals were born, raised and slaughtered.

The general manager of Manitoba Pork says there’s a growing recognition in the U.S. of the need to resolve Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling.

U.S. Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling is expected to be among the key issues discussed next week when representatives of Manitoba Pork travel to Des Moines, Iowa to take part in World Pork Expo.

Canada’s minister of agriculture says, despite the negative impacts and growing opposition within the United States, the U.S. government appears prepared to defend Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling to the end.