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WTO says asbestos ban legal

An interim finding of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) holds that the French ban on asbestos and asbestos-containing products does not violate trading rules. This is in response to a Canadian complaint against the three-year-old French ban. The WTO report is now under consideration in Brussels and Ottawa, prior to finalisation.

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