EU Challenges US, Canada Retaliation for Beef Ban
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The European Union threatened a World Trade Organization case against the US and Canada if they don&#39;t drop $126 million of tariffs, imposed on EU exports in retaliation for a ban on hormone-treated beef.
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Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns  told a U.S. cattle industry group on Friday that he had  "concerns" about the government's plan to open the border on  March 7 to imports of beef from Canadian animals over 30 months  of age.
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The US Trade Representative on Monday rejected the European Union&#39;s assertion that its ban on beef from hormone-treated cattle is now justified by science and that US and Canadian retaliatory sanctions should be lifted.
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WASHINGTON (CP) - Attempts to lift the American ban on Canadian cattle could be facing a setback with news Thursday that US officials may have discovered a second case of mad cow disease.
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The European Union executive asked the World Trade Organization on Monday to rule that it was illegal for the United States and Canada to retain sanctions on EU exports to counter the bloc's ban on hormone-treated beef.
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The European Union&#39;s head office said it filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization on Monday against the United States and Canada for not lifting sanctions against the EU over its ban on imports of hormone-treated beef.
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The World Trade Organisation gives the EU and seven countries the chance to impose sanctions in retaliation for a US anti-dumping law.
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Europeans are accusing Americans of strong-arming them into cracking down on Iran in the latest trans-Atlantic conflict, a dispute that is straining efforts to maintain a joint front on Tehran over its refusal to freeze uranium enrichment.
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BRUSSELS -- Canada and the European Union said yesterday they will co-operate to ensure the maximum effect of sanctions they plan to impose on the United States in retaliation for US steel industry protection measures.
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LONDON - As we recover from the battle for the last piece of pumpkin pie over the Thanksgiving holiday, consider the much bigger food fight brewing between the United States and the European Union.
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A proposal to ban the planting of a genetically modified corn strain  sets up a bitter war within the European Union.
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Two U.S. consumer groups on Monday  urged the United States to delay reopening its border to young  Canadian cattle due to concerns that Canada may find more cases  of mad cow disease.
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The European Union executive asked the  World Trade Organization on Monday to rule that it was illegal  for the United States and Canada to retain sanctions on EU  exports to counter the bloc's ban on hormone-treated beef.
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EU members win the right to impose sanctions on the US in retaliation for an anti-dumping law.
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Canada&#39;s cattle and beef industries, battered by the discovery of mad cow disease in 2003, would win new access to the important US market by this spring under a plan
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EDMONTON (CP) - Cattle ranchers and beef industry officials were throwing cowboy hats in the air Wednesday after the United States announced sweeping plans for opening the border to nearly all Canadian exports of beef and live cattle in March.
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The United States and European Union&#39;s trade dispute over aircraft manufacturing subsidies escalated when both sides filed complaints to the World Trade Organization.