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U.S. rum subsidies drawing fire

Small Caribbean distillers say big firms get unfair edge

By DAVID McFADDEN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: September 11, 2012 at 3:29 a.m.

RICARDO ARDUENGO
Credit: AP
 A bartender pours rum Friday in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Small Caribbean rum producers say subsidies for big distillers in U.S. territories give them unfair trade and marketing advantages.

Rum, the sugar-based liquor that has fueled the development of the Caribbean for centuries, has become the focus of an increasingly bitter dispute with the United States.

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Business, Pages 21 on 09/11/2012

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