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Canada warns EU of trade conflict over oil sands
| Reuters | April 04, 2011
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BRUSSELS, April 4 (Reuters) – The Canadian government has stepped up lobbying in Europe for its highly-polluting tar sands industry, repeating its threats of trade conflict, a leaked letter shows.
The letter dated March 18 to Europe’s commissioners for climate, trade and energy follows Canada’s denial it threatened to scrap a free trade deal unless the European Union alters planned environmental laws.
“Given the desire for freer trade between us, it is important that our individual efforts to address climate change do not lead to the creation of unnecessary barriers,” Canadian trade official Mark Richardson said in a document sent with the letter.
“The Government of Canada believes this approach raises the prospect of unjustified discrimination and is not supported by the science.”
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