When friends fight

By Dan PaszkowskiFeb. 4, 2019

With tariffs about to be removed under the CPTTP, Australian wine sales have the opportunity to grow across Canada, but when it comes to this trade dispute, business success, longevity, and consumer generosity will be tested. This has nothing to do with sour grapes, but everything to do with ongoing retailer and consumer interest in Australian wines.

As Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland most elegantly stated in a recent article, 'We do not want to live in a world where two or more powers carve up the spoils for themselves, leaving the rest no choice but to choose sides and be satisfied with the scraps.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

OTTAWA—Our Commonwealth ally and close partners from Australia have formally lodged a complaint and requested a WTO Dispute Settlement Panel against what it claims are discriminatory practices that are restricting the sale of Australian wines in Canada.

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