EFFORTS to protect the endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna suffered a blow when dozens of countries voted against a United States-backed trade ban.
Japan won over scores of poorer nations with a campaign that played on fears that a ban would devastate their economies. Tokyo also raised doubts that such a radical move was scientifically sound.
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