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NABI Salutes 2 Women Breaking Glass Ceilings

Two women of color have “broken the glass ceiling” and are occupying two of the most powerful trade policy positions in the world, notes Robert M. Tobiassen, president, National Association of Beverage Importers. Both Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World … Continue reading

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Trade Rep in ‘Holding Pattern’ in Aircraft Tariff Dispute

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said it won’t consider revisions to tariffs imposed of European products in the World Trade Organization dispute involving large civil aircraft subsidies. USTR noted that it had just revised the tariffs in January and, … Continue reading

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NABI Denounces USTR Tariff Move as ‘Reckless, Pouring Gasoline on the Fire’

“This is more than frustrating; it is reckless at this late day in the sunset of Ambassador Lighthizer’s tenure” as U.S. Trade Representative, said Robert M. Tobaissen, president, National Association of Beverage Importers. “Having failed to negotiate settlement of this … Continue reading

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FDA Imposes $14,060 Fee for Producing Hand Sanitizer, USTR Slaps Tariffs on French Brandy

In what the Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S. described as a “shocking turn of events,” the Food & Drug Administration announced it was imposing a $14,000 fee on distilleries and other facilities that produced hand sanitizer during the Covid pandemic. The … Continue reading

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Transatlantic Beverage Alcohol Associations Urge U.S. and EU to End Tariffs on Spirits and Wine

Eighteen associations representing the U.S., European and UK beverage alcohol and related sectors sent a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and the European Commission for Trade expressing their shared opposition to tariffs on wine, distilled spirits and beer … Continue reading

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USTR, EU Urged to Roll Back Tariffs on Spirits and Wine

Seventeen trade associations representing the U.S. and European beverage alcohol sectors called on the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the European Commission “to remove the current tariffs on spirits and wine from the EU and UK, and American Whiskeys, … Continue reading

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