Federative Republic of Brazil
Oral Statement
On November 19, 2009, Brazil requested to participate as a third party in the WTO dispute resolution proceedings between the United States and Canada and Mexico over the U.S. mandatory COOL requirements on beef and pork. The following is excerpted from executive summary of the opening oral statement of Brazil at the First Substantive Meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute-resolution panel on September 14–16, 2011. It has been noted that the list of “legitimate objectives” contemplated by Article 2.2 [of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade] is not a closed one. It is precisely for this…
