Syracuse.com reports today - “A federal proposal threatens the exporting of wine from states including New York, while separate talks could greatly boost sales to Canada, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said Wednesday. Each separate but related issue could affect wine exports from New York, California, Washington, Oregon, Michigan and other wine-producing states.

The New York Democrat is seeking to block the proposed repeal of a measure that allowed American wineries to be compensated for other countries’ tariffs. He also said there may soon be progress in getting Canada to lift its high tariff of as much as 100 percent on American wines bought over the border.

He said wine sellers in border states call it the Ontario license plate syndrome. That’s when Canadians visit and taste wine but can’t afford a $20 bottle of wine because it would cost twice that much by the time they pay their tariff to get it back home. “I’m optimistic we can get them to stop this,” Schumer said. He said New York is part of a coalition with wine sellers in California, Oregon, Washington, and Michigan to seek the relief from Canada.”

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