Mr. John Masswohl at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

April 29th, 2008 / 10:15 a.m.

Director, Governmental and International Relations, Canadian Cattlemen's Association

The rules of origin in NAFTA are based on tariff change. A live animal is classified in chapter 1 of the tariff; raw meat is classified in chapter 2 of the tariff. NAFTA says if you change the chapter from an imported animal into beef, then the beef has the origin of the country where that transformation took place.

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