Posted On: 12/01/2016 1:14:26 PM
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Under the TPP, food labels could also be challenged as "trade barriers."
The TPP would impose limits on labels providing information on where a food product comes from. The TPP also would endanger labels identifying genetically modified foods and labels identifying how food was produced. The TPP would expand the limits on consumer labels already included in existing "trade" agreements, like the World Trade Organization (WTO). But already under the WTO, the U.S. "dolphin-safe" tuna fish label has been successfully challenged, and Congress repealed our country-of-origin meat labels after the WTO authorized $1 billion in an sanctions from Mexico and Canada until the U.S. repealed the law. And, under the TPP, a foreign meat processing or food corporation operating within the United States could directly challenge our policies that they claim undermine their expectations – meaning a barrage of new demands for taxpayer compensation.
The TPP would impose limits on labels providing information on where a food product comes from. The TPP also would endanger labels identifying genetically modified foods and labels identifying how food was produced. The TPP would expand the limits on consumer labels already included in existing "trade" agreements, like the World Trade Organization (WTO). But already under the WTO, the U.S. "dolphin-safe" tuna fish label has been successfully challenged, and Congress repealed our country-of-origin meat labels after the WTO authorized $1 billion in an sanctions from Mexico and Canada until the U.S. repealed the law. And, under the TPP, a foreign meat processing or food corporation operating within the United States could directly challenge our policies that they claim undermine their expectations – meaning a barrage of new demands for taxpayer compensation.
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