A large number of international visitors were on hand for Canadian Western Agribition this week, including some from the United States.
Many of them took part in a cattlemen's roundtable at the show, where US country of origin labelling (COOL) was a major topic of discussion.
Dar Geiss with the Minnesota Cattlemen's Association, explains the beef processing industry in his state has been affected adversely by cool.
"The St. Paul plant was closed down last summer," he said. "It shut down primarily because of the lack of cows available to be processed."
The WTO recently ruled the US was discriminating against Canadian beef exports with COOL, and the federal government says they are considering retaliatory tariffs if the legislation is not repealed.
Geiss says most Americans don't believe that the retaliatory measures will be put in place, but he believes Canada will and should impose them.