The World Trade Organization's appellate body issued a ruling today that the U.S. use of "dolphin safe" labels on tuna products discriminates against Mexican producers:
[B]y excluding most Mexican tuna products from access to the
“dolphin-safe” label while granting access to most US tuna products and
una products from other countries, the measure modifies the
conditions of competition in the US market to the detriment of Mexican
una products.
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