Pressconnects.com reports - “The Obama administration intends to withdraw a proposal that would have increased costs for U.S. firms that export and import wine, according to Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-Fairport.

The proposal would have limited the ability of firms to use their exports of U.S. wines as an offset to import duties they are charged for foreign wine.

Slaughter, Sen. Charles Schumer and members of the congressional wine caucus had protested the proposal as potentially harmful to wineries in New York and other states.”

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