Monthly Archives: January 2020

Trade Court Decision Favors Imported Products Over Domestics

Firms that both import and export alcohol won’t have to pay excise taxes on the alcohol they import and sell.

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Don’t Expect Congress to Do Anything Important Before the Election

That’s the opinion of one of our Washington sources, who told us that virtually anything you want from Congress won’t happen this year.  A new Transportation bill?  Nope.  A new

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Distributors Should ‘Focus on the Customer of Your Customer,’ One Says

Addressing the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors annual Executive Summit, George Pattee, chairman of Parksite Inc., a Batavia, Ill., distributor of

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Despite Trump’s Volatility, Politics Has Been Stable, Analyst Says

Amy Walter, the National Editor of the Cook Political Report, told the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors’ Executive Summit that the most important

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DISCUS Praises USMCA Signing

The U.S.-Mexico- Canada (USMCA) agreement was signed by President Trump, and Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S. President Chris Swonger called the agreement “a

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New Orleans’ Urban South Opens Satellite Brewery in Houston

The new 14,000 square-foot facility includes a 10-barrel research and development brewing operation, canning line, a dedicated barrel and blending room, and a public

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