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01-25-2009, 08:55 AM
Some say that they have few illusions since a Democratic administration -- under Bill Clinton -- imposed the first roquefort tax. Speaking of Obama, Béatrice Weinrich of the regional Union of Ewe Farmers said: "The boy must have a lot of other priorities."
Paris is insisting, however, that the prohibition on US hormone-fed beef will remain in force for health reasons, as will another EU measure contested by Washington: the use of chlorine to disinfect chicken carcasses.
http://timescorrespondents.typepad.com/charles_bremner/2009/01/the-in-tray-of-barack-obama-may-be-piled-high-but-he-might-be-advised-to-put-aside-the-banks-iran-and-health-care-to-focus.html
Paris is insisting, however, that the prohibition on US hormone-fed beef will remain in force for health reasons, as will another EU measure contested by Washington: the use of chlorine to disinfect chicken carcasses.
http://timescorrespondents.typepad.com/charles_bremner/2009/01/the-in-tray-of-barack-obama-may-be-piled-high-but-he-might-be-advised-to-put-aside-the-banks-iran-and-health-care-to-focus.html