Odd F. Lindberg , a Royal Norwegian Sealing Inspector, testifies that the seals suffer greatly and that the hunting is cruel. So, apparently the seal hunt is inhumane and Americans do have a foundation for their moral objection to the harvesting of harp seals. The GATT does contain exceptions to its free trade policy which state that embargoes could be put into place in order to uphold public morals. Such a clause might justify American refusal to lift the trade embargo on harp seals. Despite the clause in the GATT which allows for a nation to uphold their public morals by issuing trade embargoes, GATT and the WTO still found the United States in violation of the rules and guideline governing the two trade organizations and called for the United States to lift the embargo.
Many questions now arise.
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