Bush War on Roquefort Raises a Stink in France

Roquefort - South Soulzon to fight a trade war seems an unlikely place. South of France,

Combalou stone, a deep valley with a view to tip limestone, where sheep graze in the shadow of the rock in prehistoric times was a seismic shock closed Sheared precariously Roquefort side cling to a distance of area of 600 souls.

But before the gas underground scene also shake indentation level cracks about 65 miles northwest of Montpellier cut a certain value. He said that for centuries glede gourmets: Gastronómico Roquefort cheese is a surprise is possible. Import and export of the warriors in Washington for a business in the era of globalized competition, stinking little humility and his hometown, was zero.

United States declared war against Roquefort cheese is.

His last days of the Bush administration closed the U.S. market closed at 300 percent tariff imposed on Roquefort effect. Americas, no, the real, the most impressive in the wet in all sheep and rye bread and wine to go with thick veins blue mold flavor comes with a creamy blend that will be available to taste.

As he walked to the door of the measure, 13 January U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab to the U.S. ban on imports of beef hormones for revenge as the EU announced it was designed. Tit for tat, and all under the legal rules in the WTO, U.S. explained. Moreover, the only one of Roquefort with the highest rates were attacking dozens of luxury goods in Europe. The list includes French truffles, Irish oats, Italian sparkling water, and ducks and geese, which apparently how Washington bureaucrats foie gras business have to say it "fatty liver.

But manufacturers of Roquefort cheese and farmers around the sheep can not see it that way. Only a duty to Roquefort ban was killed along with the amount that the complaints. In his view, this injustice, Roquefort, which is full of cheese, not only depends on the economy, but it undermines people from 4500 to 2100 a carefully defined oval grazing farms in the area through the production of milk for Roquefort especially simple and herd sheep Larzac up and down hills and valleys around.