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WTO Extends 'Public Morals' Exception To Animal Welfare

Law360, New York (June 11, 2014, 6:42 PM EDT) -- On May 22, the World Trade Organization's Appellate Body issued its ruling in the dispute over EU's restrictions on the importation and marketing of seals and seal products. In its "mixed ruling," the Appellate Body struck down the EU's regulatory scheme for seal products as arbitrary and unjustifiably discriminatory, while upholding the principle that the prevention of animal cruelty falls under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 exception for protecting "public morals."...

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