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Plunkett: Canada will take EU to WTO

Canada is threatening to take the European Union to the World Trade Organization in a bid to protect the oilsands industry.

The threat is contained in a letter which was written in December by David Plunkett, Canada’s ambassador to the European Union.

European nations are preparing to vote this week on a directive that would single out crude from the oilsands as dirty oil, with a much higher carbon footprint than conventional oil.

Published February 21, 2012