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   From: Panca@nyet.ca   
      
   Seems our NAFTA agreement with the U.S. and Mexico calls for labeling of food   
   products to NOT disclose which country those foods are from.   
   Goodie for meat producers . . .  blinders for consumers . . . .   
      
   Nice Agreement, eh?   
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   Canada willing to take action against U.S. over meat labeling   
   Fri Oct 31, 2014 4:06pm EDT   
      
   By Alastair Sharp   
      
   TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada will pursue "any and all remedies" to pressure the   
   United States to drop regulations on meat labeling that Canada considers   
   discriminatory, the country's trade minister said on Friday.   
      
   Ed Fast, Canada's international trade minister, declined to elaborate on any   
   deadlines for further action.   
      
   "We have made it very clear that this is a blatant violation of WTO rules, and   
   that we will certainly pursue any and all remedies that we have available to   
   us," Fast told Reuters after talks with U.S. and Mexican counterparts in   
   Toronto on Friday.   
      
   The United States faces potential trade sanctions from Canada and Mexico after   
   the World Trade Organization ruled on Oct. 20 that it had failed to bring its   
   meat labeling regulations fully in line with international fair trading rules.   
   The U.S. regulations require retailers such as grocery stores to list the   
   country of origin on meat.   
      
   Fast said progress in the dispute was incremental, but that Canada was hopeful   
   the United States will "actually now make sincere efforts to eliminate the   
   discriminatory nature of these labeling requirements."   
      
   Canada has said it will ask the WTO to approve retaliatory actions against the   
   United States. Last year, it released a list of numerous U.S. products, ranging   
   from beef and pork to cherries and ketchup, that it may target for trade   
   retaliation.   
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       Anyone else recognize this label?  Could John Kerry have been in Canada   
   last week to do more than support Harper's 'tag of terrorism' to the killings?   
      
   			http://wpmedia.business.financialpost.com/2014/10/ketchup.jpg?w=620   
      
   According to a list released by Ottawa in June, 2013, imports that could face   
   tariffs include a host of produce such as cheese, beef and pork, but also   
   tomato ketchup, Californian wines, cereal, chocolate and frozen orange juice.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)