Brussels, 26/07/2000 (Agence Europe) - A panel of the World Trade organisation (WTO) confirmed the sound basis of the French embargo against asbestos, a measure that the European Union had defended against Canada which denounced it as barriers to trade. Thus the three experts have approved the guideline in their interim report, which weighed up the traditional arguments raised by the second largest producer and exporter by giving a priority to the protection of public health on the general...