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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9896

7 May 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/canada
Ottawa threatens to refer EU to WTO if Canada is not exempted from ban on seal products

Brussels, 06/05/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament vote that took the EU closer to a virtually total ban on trade in seal products from 2010 (see EUROPE 9895) has been met with deep disappointment and the most serious concern by Canada, which has no intention of letting matters lie. Not surprisingly, on Tuesday 5 May, the Canadian government immediately repeated its threat to refer the decision to the WTO in defence, on the international stage, of seal hunting which Canada says...

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