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Canada Threatens Complaint over Tar Sands Labeling

HeadlineFeb 21, 2012

Canada is threatening to file a World Trade Organization complaint against the European Union if the E.U. labels oil from Alberta’s tar sands as highly polluting. Canada has threatened to retaliate if the E.U. singled out oil sands crude in what it described as a “discriminatory, arbitrary or unscientific way.”

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