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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade

Canada clashes with EU over tar sands

Brussels, 24/02/2011 (Agence Europe) - Canada is keeping its negotiations on a free trade deal with the EU separate from the tar sands dispute.

Diplomatic sources quoted by Reuters say that EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht and EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard are preparing a complaint to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) about the import of fuel from the tar sands of Canada, which holds the biggest reserves in the world of this after Saudi Arabia. After putting the question on...

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