USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service is issuing a final rule amending the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) regulations.

Congress's end-of-the-year spending bill included a suspension of the country-of-origin labeling law.

Approved in December, Congress’s end-of-the-year spending bill included a suspension of the country-of-origin labeling law (COOL).

The federal spending bill will fund the government through 2016.

Congress attached a repeal of the country-of-origin labeling (COOL) program to the year-end omnibus federal spending bill.

Monday’s ruling allows Canada to impose $777 million a year in tariffs and Mexico $228 million a year.

The National Milk Producers Federation, U.S. Dairy Export Council and International Dairy Foods Association express “growing apprehension” retaliatory tariffs are drawing closer.

Representatives from the U.S. dairy industry say it is “critical” that Congress solve the trade dispute over country-of-origin labeling (COOL) in order to block the progress of damaging new tariffs on dairy exports by Canada and Mexico.

After House passage of a bill to repeal the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) law, the Senate appears headed toward similar action.

 Roberts urged his colleagues to support the repeal or risk facing $3.2 billion in tariffs being applied to US exports.