BRUSSELS COMPLAINS OF AMERICAN TRADE RESTRICTIONS ON EU WINE AND SPIRIT EXPORTS
August 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A WIDE range of concerns about American trade barriers impeding European Union (EU) wine and spirit exports to the USA have been highlighted in a new European Commission report. Its US Barriers to Trade and Investment Report for 2008 stressed "there still exist trade barriers...that hinder trade".
Particular problems include the continued authorisation within the USA of so-called 'semi-generic' terms such as Burgundy and Claret, which the EU regard as geographical indications, unavailable to American manufacturers.
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