Foodies to Arms: White House Mum on Cheese Spat with France

by Benjamin Domenech on 11:33 pm March 10, 2009

One of W’s last acts was the imposition of a market-killing 300% import duty on France’s Roquefort cheese as retribution for a US beef trade conflict. Dem Rep Oberstar calls on Obama to reverse it as part of “[campaign] to reestablish America’s moral authority in the world.” He who controls the Roquefort controls the universe.

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