Days after the WTO released its fourth and final ruling against Country of Origin Label (COOL); United States legislators put a new bill forward to have the legislation repealed.

Last Week, The U-S House of Representatives' agriculture committee approved the repeal bill with a vote of 38-6, clearing the way for it to come for a vote in the Senate early next month.

"We have met with the senate Ag Committee chairman Pat Roberts from Kansas, and he is supportive of  repeal as well, but understand there are some senators on that committee that are looking at some other options," said Dave Solverson, President of the Canadian Cattlemen's Association.

Timing is significant as Canada prepares to ask the WTO to allow retaliatory measures.

"Some of the states that had senators that were pro-COOL they were targeted a little more closely than some of the pro-repeal states. It was very strategic, we really applaud the government for standing so strong and backing us on this file." said Solverson.

Solverson believes the U-S will repeal the legislation, adding he will be travelling to Washington in early June with Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz.

Its estimated COOL has cost Canadian Beef and Hog producers about a billion dollars a year.