WTO backs ban on Canada's asbestos goods

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The World Trade Organization, citing a large number of asbestos-related cancer deaths, has upheld a ban by France on Canadian asbestos. The asbestos industry in Quebec, which accounts for the employment of 2,500 workers, is valued at $224 million.

International economic relations, Economic aspects, France, World Trade Organization

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Asbestos Corp. case at crucial juncture

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The twenty year old case between the Committee for the Equal Treatment of Asbestos Minority Shareholders and the Quebec government over the nationalization of Asbestos Corp. Ltd. is to receive ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada.

Canada. Supreme Court, Committee for the Equal Treatment of Asbestos Minority Shareholders

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Supreme Court dismess Asbestos investors' claim

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The Supreme Court of Canada dismisses the case of Asbestos Corporation Ltd. shareholders seeking to be out by the government of Quebec.

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