Domestic Agricultural Groups to Testify Before Senate Committee on COOL Regs
The Senate Agriculture Committee is bringing in only domestic agricultural groups to testify before the June 25 hearing on country-of-origin labeling, the committee said on June 22 (here). North American Meat Institute Chief Executive Officer Barry Carpenter, Executive Officer at…
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the U.S. Cattlemen's Association Leo McDonnell and several others are scheduled to give testimony. Industry Representatives expect Canadian and Mexican retaliation over the COOL dispute at the World Trade Organization to hit both agriculture and manufacturing. The Canadians, who are now in arbitration with the U.S. 1506170045), are likely to “target beef, pork, California wines, mattresses, cherries and office furniture, possibly along with other goods,” Reuters recently reported (see 1506100067). The House repealed COOL on June 10, but no legislation has so far surfaced in the Senate.