Brussels, 23/05/2014 (Agence Europe) - On 23 May, the WTO's appellate body upheld the ruling of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body in the case pitting Canada and Norway against the EU on the EU's ban on seal products (DS 400 and DS 401). At the end of 2013, this verdict ruled against the two complainants and stated that the European ban was justified on grounds of animal welfare.
After a hearing last March, the WTO's appellate body thus repeated the decision of the special panel, which decided...