Food & Water Watch: New Information on WTO COOL Case Demonstrates Folly of Rash Congressional Action

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 4, 2015. Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter on Recent Filing by U.S. Trade Representative’s Office on WTO COOL Dispute:

“The Obama administration filed a legal brief in the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute over the U.S. mandatory country of origin (COOL) labeling law for beef and pork that demonstrates the folly of Congress acting to repeal or weaken COOL before the WTO dispute is complete. The new information…