据外媒报道,7日世贸组织(WTO)做出裁定,由于美国肉类标识政策(COOL)违规,加拿大和墨西哥可对美国农产品每年强制征收超过10亿关税,其中加拿大可征收7.8亿报复性关税,墨西哥可征收2.28亿。
随后,加拿大联邦国际贸易部长Chrystia Freeland和农业部长麦考利(Lawrence MacAulay)对美下达最后通牒,要求美国必须取消歧视性的肉类标签规定COOL,否则将面临加拿大的报复。
美国自2009年便开始实施肉类原产地标识规定,该规定的出台打击了加拿大与墨西哥两国的肉类企业。
部分原文报道如下:
OTTAWA -- The United States must immediately repeal its discriminatory meat labelling provisions or face Canadian retaliation, two Liberal cabinet ministers said Monday.
The ultimatum came from International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland and Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay after the World Trade Organization ruled Monday that Canada and Mexico can impose more than $1 billion in annual retaliatory on tariffs on U.S. products.
原文链接:<http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/12/08/canada-s-beef-pork-sectors-cheer-wto-decision-in-meat-labelling-dispute_n_8739830.html>