As the U.S. House of Representatives is considering legislation to repeal Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) for meat products, groups on both sides of the issues are last minute lobbying.

The COOL Reform Coalition sent a letter to lawmakers this week expressing strong support for HR 2393 as it moves towards a House floor vote this week. Over 100 Coalition members, representing a broad spectrum of industries, signed the letter stressing that “the bill introduced by House Ag Committee Chairman Mike Conway (R-TX) and Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA), would effectively respond to the World Trade Organization’s final ruling against the U.S. COOL requirements for muscle cuts of beef and pork.”

On the other side, the National Farmers Union (NFU) joined 282 other organizations representing farm interests, rural America, faith, environment, farmworker and consumers in urging members of the House “to reject the repeal of the Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) law and support commonsense food labeling.”

Canada and Mexico have recently announced their intention to pursue retaliation of up to $3 billion from tariffs on a wide variety of products. The WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body is set to hear oral arguments concerning potential retaliation June 17.