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Trade War Averted Between China & EU

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La revue du vin de France (RVF) reports on an agreement dated March 19, 2014 to end China’s inquiry into anti-dumping wine trading practices by EU countries. As European wine trade and marketing is government funded, China claims that wine is sold to Asia below the cost of production (i.e. dumping). This claim was levied in response to France’s protective tax on the importation of Chinese solar panels.

Combined with a campaign by the Chinese government against luxury gifts and entertaining, the inquiry contributed to a substantial drop in wine exports from EU countries to China in 2013, claims RVF. According to the terms of the “amicable accord,” the Europeans have agreed to provide “technical support” to their Chinese counterparts with respect to “adapted” grape varieties as well as training of “local vintners and specialists.”  The tax on Chinese solar panels has been eliminated.
 

Julien Camus

Founder & President @ Wine Scholar Guild

Julien worked as Trade Attaché for wines and spirits at the French Embassy in Washington DC (2004-2006). In this role, he recognized the need for French wine education as a means to spur consumer demand and interest in his country’s wines.

To that end, he founded the Wine Scholar Guild in August of 2005,an organization dedicated to the promotion of French wine and culture through education. Julien invited national importers of French wine to join the organization as Industry Members and 25 key French wine importers did so immediately.

After leaving the embassy, he has devoted his energies to developing the Wine Scholar Guild and its network of program providers around the globe. Julien holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration with a major in International Marketing from the Strasbourg Management School.

In 2019, Julien was one of the "Future 50" award winners, an award created by WSET and IWSC to acknowledge professionals under 40 who have made a significant contribution to the industry.

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