On October 20, 2014, a World Trade Organization (WTO) Panel issued two reports ruling against the U.S. in a dispute with Canada and Mexico, finding that the United States’ amended country-of-origin meat-labeling regulations are discriminatory and in violation of international fair trade rules.  In their conclusions, the Panel recommended “that the Dispute Settlement Body request the United States to bring the inconsistent measure into conformity with its obligations under the [Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade] and the [General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade] 1994.”  According to a news article, the U.S. “amended its so-called country-of-origin meat-labeling rule after a WTO finding in 2012 that an earlier version was discriminatory. Canada and Mexico said the amended rule was even more onerous, limiting their exports of cattle and hogs into the U.S. and weighing on the price of those products.”