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Canada escalates WTO action against EU seal ban

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada has escalated a dispute with the European Union over a European ban of seal products, even as it pursues wide-ranging free trade talks with the bloc.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada has escalated a dispute with the European Union over a European ban of seal products, even as it pursues wide-ranging free trade talks with the bloc.

Officials said on Thursday that Ottawa has asked the World Trade Organization to establish a dispute settlement panel in hopes of overturning a EU ban on imports of seal products on concerns of animal brutality in the seal hunt.

The ban goes into effect Friday.

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