French farmers protests US duties on Roquefort

PARIS (AP) -- French farmers called Wednesday on President Barack Obama to stop holding Roquefort cheese "hostage" in a trans-Atlantic trade fight.
Militant farmer Jose Bove -- known for attacking McDonalds -- and others protested outside the U.S. Embassy in Paris, hoping to reverse a decision by the former Bush administration to slap new sanctions on some European foods. Those sanctions include a tripling of import duties for the pungent Roquefort.
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