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Mike Rounds: “The World Trade Organization stopped us from putting a…”

Featuring: Mike Rounds, Republican | U.S. Senate South Dakota

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Washington Post Live Interview with Senator Mike Rounds on Meatpacking, Cybersecurity, and Voting Rights

Published | Video Starts at 12:17

But at this stage of the game, our laws in our country do not demand that we put that into our trade agreements. And so The World Trade Organization stopped us from putting a mandatory country of origin labeling guideline in effect. Thus, you don't know where your beef is coming from today unless a voluntary label is put on it. (12:17–12:25)

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Asserts that the World Trade Organization stopped the U.S. from enforcing mandatory country of origin labeling.

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