Canada, Norway fail to overturn EU ban on seal furs

Canada and Norway failed to overturn a European Union ban on their seal products on the 25 November 2013 when the World Trade Organization ruled the bloc had a right to outlaw imports of the furs on moral grounds.

ESO: Background information: EU court upholds seal fur ban http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-court-upholds-seal-fur-ban/

ESO: Background information: Explaining the Genesis of a Trade Dispute: the European Union’s Seal Trade Ban http://www.europeansources.info/record/explaining-the-genesis-of-a-trade-dispute-the-european-unions-seal-trade-ban/

ESO: Background information: EU ban on all seal imports set to raise trade tensions http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-ban-on-all-seal-imports-set-to-raise-trade-tensions/

ESO: Background information: Environment: Commission welcomes the agreement reached on seal product ban http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-environment-commission-welcomes-the-agreement-reached-on-seal-product-ban/

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