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时间:2010-12-5 17:23:32  作者:Features   来源:Europe  查看:  评论:0
内容摘要:"It is my opinion that Iran has been slow walking their decision on this very important matter," Trump wrote. "We will need a definitive answer in a very short period of time."

"It is my opinion that Iran has been slow walking their decision on this very important matter," Trump wrote. "We will need a definitive answer in a very short period of time."

I ask Ms Tremblay if she's worried. "Yes, sure," she says, "As everybody is."But that is all she will say on the matter. French winemakers are walking on eggshells at the moment, fearful of saying anything that might aggravate the situation.

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Perhaps their representatives will be more forthcoming? I get in my car and drive over to one of her neighbours - François Labet. He is the president of the Burgundy Wine Board, which represents this region's 3,500 winemakers."The US is the largest export market for the whole region. Definitely," he tells me. "They are the biggest in volume and the biggest in value."And, until Donald Trump's re-election, the US market was booming. While French wines and spirits global exports

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, sales of Burgundy wines to the US rose sharply.from 2024, to 20.9 million bottles. This was worth €370m ($415m; £312m) in revenues, 26.2% higher than in 2023.

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Mr Labet says the US accounted for about a quarter of Burgundy's wine exports last year.

Burgundy's reputation abroad is mainly for its red wines, which are made from the celebrated pinot noir grape. Indeed, in the English-speaking world, burgundy is not so much a wine as a colour.The US Ambassador to the UN, Dorothy Shea, said the resolution would "undermine diplomatic efforts" to reach a ceasefire, adding that the UN has not labelled Hamas as a terrorist organisation. Hamas is described as such by the US, UK and the EU.

"We would not support any measure that fails to condemn Hamas and does not call for Hamas to disarm and leave Gaza," she said.It comes amid growing concern over the distribution of aid in Gaza, with more than two million people at risk of starvation, according to the UN, after a total Israeli ban on shipments of food and other aid that lasted 11 weeks.

Aid distribution has recently been taken over by The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an Israel and US-backed group which aims to replace UN agencies and other organisations in the region.Over the past few days,

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