Beef cattle on a Chatham-Kent farm. (File photo by Simon Crouch) Beef cattle on a Chatham-Kent farm. (File photo by Simon Crouch)
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WTO's Ruling On COOL Retaliatory Tariff Levels Is In

The World Trade Organisation has made it's ruling how much trade retaliation Canada and Mexico can take on the U-S over Country Of Origin Labelling.

The WTO arbitrator says Canada can impose just over 1 billion dollars, Canadian, in retaliatory tariffs .

Canada had asked for 3 point 1 billion a year.

Mexico will be allowed to impose almost 228 million, U-S, in retaliation.

Mexico had asked for 713 million.

Both countries had successfully argued the U-S COOL rules violated WTO trade rules.

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