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Tag: China Scotch whisky whiskey
How severely is the Chinese government restrictions on alcohol affecting Scotland's Scotch industry and the French wine industry?
Long response as usual, but bottom line, fairly severely:
The beer industry was less severely effected suggesting this is as much an economic (balance of trade issue as a health issue). In fact, asking ChatGPT suggests that is very, very likely. The US did the same thing with Scotch only a few years ago.
Scotch whisky from Scotland took a huge hit; Scotch from Japan, not so much:
