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French Hijack and Destroy Shipments of Spanish Wine

French Wine RiotBecause, you know, theft and destruction are the proper response to other firms making a product less expensively.

“Spain on Wednesday summoned France’s ambassador to protest after France farmers hijacked Spanish trucks at the border and drained tens of thousands of bottles of wine. The French wine makers attacked at least five Spanish trucks on Monday at a toll barrier at Le Boulou in southwestern France and a stone’s throw from the Spanish border, in what they said was a protest against ‘unfair competition’. They poured the equivalent of 90,000 bottles of red and white down the drain, daubing the words “vin non conforme” (non-compliant wine) on the tankers’ sides. Local police looked on at the ‘social action’”…. Read more at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/06/spain-sees-red-in-wine-war-with-france-summoning-ambassador-over/

And see also: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/10/spain-hits-back-at-french-guerre-des-vins-wine-protest

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