House Ag Committee Chair Mike Conaway introduced legislation to repeal Country of Origin Labeling, which has been ruled as non-compliant by the World Trade Organization.
In light of the WTO’s decision and the certainty that the U.S. faces significant retaliation by Canada and Mexico, Conaway says action cannot be delayed.
He says the legislation is a targeted response that will remove uncertainty, provide stability and bring the U.S. back into compliance.
House Ag Livestock and Foreign Ag Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim Costa says mandatory COOL is a misguided government policy that has damaged U.S. trading relationships with Canada and Mexico.
Costa says he and his colleagues have the data, studies and WTO’s experience to demonstrate that COOL is detrimental to state and national economies.
Costa looks forward to continuing this bipartisan work to move the legislation forward and repeal COOL.
