Posted: May 28, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 28
There is talk again the United States about resurrecting mandatory country-of-origin labelling for beef, a discussion that has the Canadian sector watching closely.(Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)
In the annals of North American trade disputes, the fight over mandatory country-of-origin labelling on beef and pork probably deserves its own chapter.
When the U.S. wielded the rules early in the last decade, it cost Canadian producers dearly and was blamed for sharp declines in livestock exports south of the border.
Ultimately, it took the World Trade Organization, which ruled the U.S. violated international trade law, and the threat of hefty sanctions for American lawmakers to repeal the regulations in 2015.
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A local affiliate of Colliers International, the international property management company headquartered in Toronto, is a leasing agent for a high-end building in Myanmar built on land owned by an arm of the country’s military.
The Sule Square complex is located on land owned by the Quartermaster General Office of the country’s army (officially known as Tatmadaw), which is tasked with securing supplies for its forces – including, activists say, the bullets and artillery used to kill more than 700 civilians since the Feb. 1 coup.
Colliers, which operates in Myanmar through an affiliate, has maintained its interest in the property despite years of efforts by United Nations experts to push foreign companies to sever ties with a military that has a long history of killing its own people, including Rohingya Muslims and anti-coup demonstrators.
Author of the article: Geoffrey P. Johnston
Publishing date: Mar 12, 2021 • March 12, 2021 • 9 minute read New director-general of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, left, speaks with chair of the WTO General Council Ambassador David Walker during a session at the WTO headquarters in Geneva on March 1. Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI /Getty Images
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