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时间:2010-12-5 17:23:32  作者:Economy   来源:Transportation  查看:  评论:0
内容摘要:The book has been criticised for favouring London and the south-east.

The book has been criticised for favouring London and the south-east.

They have names on them that make wine lovers go weak at the knees - Nuits-Saint-Georges, Echezeaux, Vosne-Romanée, Clos-Vougeot, and Chapelle-Chambertin.Ms Tremblay sells over half of her wine abroad, under the name Domaine Cecile Tremblay.

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"For the United States, it's around 10% of the production; it's a big production for me!" she says.After threatening a 200% mark-up on alcohol from Europe, Donald Trump imposed a 20% tariff on practically all European Union products on 5 April.Four days later, he lowered this to 10%, with the threat that he'd hike it back up again to 20% in July, depending on how trade negotiations pan out. And now Trump is threatening a future tariff of 50% on all goods from the EU.

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I ask Ms Tremblay if she's worried. "Yes, sure," she says, "As everybody is."But that is all she will say on the matter. French winemakers are walking on eggshells at the moment, fearful of saying anything that might aggravate the situation.

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Perhaps their representatives will be more forthcoming? I get in my car and drive over to one of her neighbours - François Labet. He is the president of the Burgundy Wine Board, which represents this region's 3,500 winemakers.

"The US is the largest export market for the whole region. Definitely," he tells me. "They are the biggest in volume and the biggest in value."Trump has previously - and repeatedly - said he believes the two sides are making progress, despite ongoing fighting on the frontline and aerial attacks carried out in both Russia and Ukraine.

Separately on Wednesday, Putin also had a call with the US-born Pope Leo XIV.The Vatican confirmed that "particular attention" was paid to peace in the Ukraine war.

In Putin's call with Trump, the two leaders also discussed Iran. Trump said he believed the two "were in agreement" that "Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon".The US reportedly proposed Iran halt all production of enriched uranium - which can be used to make reactor fuel but also nuclear weapons - and instead rely on a regional consortium for supplies.

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