GENEVA — The United States has delayed the establishment of a panel to look into a complaint by Canada and Mexico about country-of-origin requirements for cattle and hog imports.
It was one of the issues raised at a World Trade Organization dispute meeting Friday in Geneva, along with a U.S. complaint about European barriers to American poultry.
The WTO also opened an investigation Friday into whether European Union charges on imports of Chinese steel fasteners comply with international commerce rules
The dispute between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico concerns U.S. rules approved in 2008 that no longer allow meat from Mexican and Canadian cattle that are raised and slaughtered in the United States to qualify as being of U.S. origin.
Canada and Mexico say the provisions pose an unfair impediment to fair competition. They requested the WTO examine the rules.
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