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Article: Some Washington State Lawmakers Seek Boycott of French Wines.
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- March 22, 2003
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By Richard Roesler, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 22--OLYMPIA, Wash.--Eight Washington lawmakers, calling France "unreasonable and ungrateful" for opposing the U.S. war on Iraq, are calling for a national boycott of French wines and bottled water.
Instead, the lawmakers -- most of them from Washington wine-growing areas -- are calling for more buying and drinking of domestic and allied-nations' wine and water.
"The United States has come to the aid of France many times in the history of the world," said Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Sunnyside, one of the eight who signed on to House Joint Memorial ...