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To: bela_ghoulashi who wrote (93773)4/15/2003 10:54:18 PM
From: bela_ghoulashi  Respond to of 281500
 
Feeling the pinch:

PARIS, April 15 -- An American backlash against French products and businesses has started to bite, dashing hopes here that appeals in the United States to punish France economically for opposing the war in Iraq would go unheeded.

American importers of French wine are reporting sharp drops in sales in the past two months, and other French products also have been affected. The Federation of Wine Exporters has called a meeting Thursday to discuss how to respond.

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