“The story is not over.” French Foreign Minister Laurent Saint-Martin, reacted, on Thursday, August 21, to the announcement made by the European Commissioner Maros Sefcovic that the European Union had “failed” to obtain the exemption of customs tasks of wines and spirits.
“The agreement leaves the possibility of additional exemptions, we will work on it. The story is not over,” said Laurent Saint-Martin in an X publication, adding that “the defense of our export sectors” remains the “priority.”
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The minister here refers to the wine sector. At the moment, 15% will be taxed when he entered the United States. “Unfortunately, we were not successful,” the wine sector exempts, said Maros Sefcovic at a press conference this Thursday about the completion of the commercial agreement with the United States.
“There is a great disappointment, because we have worked hard to obtain exemption and went to hand. We are sure that this will lead to great difficulties in the wine and spirits sector,” said Gabriel Picard, president of the Federation of Wine and Spirits Exporters (FEV) (FEV) (FEV)
Source: BFM TV
