CANADA - The General Manager of Manitoba Pork says initiatives designed to promote trade and foster improved relations among Canadian and US pork producers have proved their value and will remain a focus moving forward, writes Bruce Cochrane.In January delegations travelled to Minneapolis for the Minnesota Pork Congress and to Des Moines for the Iowa Pork Congress as part of Manitoba Pork's annual trade advocacy initiative underway since 2006. Manitoba Pork General Manager Andrew Dickson recalls a 2003 to 2005 trade case in which the organization hired lawyers at a cost of six million dollars to represent the interests of Canadian producers and more recently Country of Origin labelling and the goal of these trade missions to avoid these types of situations.

　　布鲁斯柯克伦(Bruce Cochrane)写道，据加拿大曼尼托巴省猪肉委员会总经理称，旨在促进贸易和提高加拿大与美国猪肉生产商关系的倡导，已经证明了它们的价值，将会保持这个中央不断向前发展。自2006年以来，作为曼尼托巴省猪肉委员会每年贸易宣传主张的一部分，代表团一月前往明尼阿波里斯市(Minneapolis)参加明尼苏达州猪肉会议，又去得梅因(Des Moines)参加了爱荷华州猪肉会议。曼尼托巴省猪肉委员会总经理安德鲁·迪克森（Andrew Dickson）归忆，在2003年到2005年的贸易案件中，组织费用600万美元聘请律师，代表加拿大猪肉生产商的利益避免陷入强制原产地标签国这类情况。