Suppose that the foot and mouth disease for swine was reported in Canada 10 years ago and since then the import of Canadian swine meat was prohibited in Singapore. On the other hand, the foot and mouth disease for swine also occurred in Chile six years ago. The swine meat from Chile was permitted for importation in Singapore after Singapore and Chile established a free trade agreement (FTA) the last year, although an FTA does not justify a discriminatory treatment for SPS measures. In fact, the Singaporean government pointed out the fact that Chile was designated as a “control country” under the OIE criteria when Chile rapidly implemented all necessary measures to contain potential risks from distribution channels of the market.
Canada brought a case against Singapore to the WTO dispute settlement system. Canada argued that it was also recognized as a “control country” under the OIE criteria along with Chile. Explain major issues and conclusions in your opinion for this WTO dispute.
1.2 Suppose that Singapore found the packaging for swine meat to be hazardous when it contained too much chemicals for facilitating refrigeration. So, Singapore enacted a new law to prohibit any residue of such chemicals in swine meat packaging. Consequently, Canadian swine meat import was almost stopped in Singapore because packaging to use chemicals facilitating refrigeration was invented in Canada and their exportation heavily relies on this method. All other countries use typically plastic containers for swine meat transportation and thereby are not affected by this new law. On the other hand, a similar packaging method is allowed for chicken meats that are supplied mostly by domestic producers.
Canada brought a case against Singapore to the WTO dispute settlement system. Explain major issues and conclusions in your opinion for this WTO dispute.
