Canada Takes WTO Action on South Korean Beef Ban

(Reuters – Randall Palmer)

Canada will request World Trade Organization consultations on South Korea's ban on Canadian beef imports, a formal step which could lead to stronger action, Trade Minister Stockwell Day said Thursday.

South Korea banned Canadian beef in May 2003 after bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was found in a Canadian cow, but Day said it was unjustified to continue this since Canada was categorized in 2007 as a "controlled BSE risk." […] In 2002, South Korea was Canada's fourth-largest beef export market at C$50 million ($41 million). Read more here.