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Article: HSI at the WTO: Getting Animal Welfare and International Trade to Work Together

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September 24, 2008
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The Humane Society issued the following news release:

Today Sarah Stewart, special counsel for international trade policy for Humane Society International, spoke at the World Trade Organization's annual public forum about the importance of including animal welfare provisions in international trade policy and agreements. This year's theme was "Trading into the Future."

HSI participated in a panel titled "Challenges and Opportunities facing the WTO: Can Farm Animal Welfare Standards be WTO-compatible?" In her remarks Stewart stressed that the international trading system can be used as one mechanism to strengthen animal welfare standards and practices, through policy, rules and on the ground ...

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