Trade Dispute Moves Closer to Sanctions that Could Affect U.S. Wine Exports
/The ongoing international dispute over country of origin labeling (“COOL”) requirements escalated this week when the World Trade Organization (“WTO”) paved the way for sanctions against the U.S. On Monday, December 7th, a WTO arbitrator issued a report [1] authorizing Canada and Mexico to seek approval for sanctions of more than 1 billion Canadian dollars and more than 227 million U.S. dollars per year, respectively. One of the U.S. products that Canada and Mexico have threatened to target is wine.
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