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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/63db996f2c79430c https://verfassungsblog.de/international-law-of-meat-trade/ The International Law of Meat Trade - Agro-exceptionalism Repurposed Peters, Anne eng 2025-10-08 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 International Law International Trade Law Meat Governance World Trade Organization | Genf animal welfare World Trade Organization | Genf Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The legal barriers erected by international trade law tend to stymie animal welfare policies. States might, in good faith, fear to violate international trade law. They also use the international trade regimes as a scapegoat for not promoting animal welfare domestically. This happened in Switzerland with foie gras, a cruelty meat product which, after discussion in Parliament, has not been prohibited. The argument was that a market ban might violate WTO law.