EU-US Trade Conflict Prompted $14 Bln Decline in French Wine Exports in 2020, Industry Group Says
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Late last year, US authorities slapped additional tariffs on a number of goods from the European Union, including aircraft-related parts and wines from France and Germany.
A 13.9-percent drop in exports of French wine and spirits in 2020 was caused by US tariffs and the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the industry group Federation des Exportateurs de Vins & Spiritueux de France (FEVS, or the Federation of French Wines and Spirit Exporters) announced in a press release.
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