The World Trade Organization released a final report this week backing
the European Union’s ban on trade in products of commercial seal hunts. In 2010, Canada and Norway initiated a WTO challenge against the
European Union’s ban.
Located in the Washington, D.C. area, Chris Gillis primarily reports on regulatory and legislative topics that impact cross-border trade. He joined American Shipper in 1994, shortly after graduating from Mount St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, Md., with a degree in international business and economics.