The Conversation 4/10/2018
Authors: AIC Director Daniel A. Sumner, Julian Alston, Olena Sambucci
For full article, click here: http://theconversation.com/should-california-winemakers-be-worried-about-chinas-tariffs-94607
“California’s vintners and grape growers are among the latest potential victims in the escalating trade spat between the U.S. and China.
Responding to U.S. plans to impose import duties on goods from China, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce reciprocated by introducing new tariffs on 128 U.S. products, including an additional 15 percent import tariff on wine.
Wine producers in California are concerned about the immediate and longer-term implications of this new tariff, on top of those already in place. Reports have already begun to circulate about orders being canceled, redirected or renegotiated as a result.
How worried should U.S. winemakers be?”