Aircraft Dispute, Wine, and the US–EU Trade War: Implications for US Consumers and Wine Suppliers

Abstract This paper estimates changes in demand for imported wines by source country and resulting welfare effects due to Section 301 tariffs imposed on certain European wines in October 2019. A two-stage expenditure allocation scheme is used to estimate the import demand for red, white, and other wines in the first stage, and source-differentiated red wine and white wine demand in the second stage. From derived price elasticities measuring first and second stage interactions, welfare measures are simulated capturing effects of the new tariffs on both taxed and non-taxed exporters as well as the US importers of red and white wine.

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The Backlash Against Neoliberal Globalization from Above: Elite Origins of the Crisis of the New Constitutionalism

Theory Culture & Society ◽

10.1177/0263276421999440 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 026327642199944

Author(s):

Quinn Slobodian

Keyword(s):

Free Trade ◽

Steel Industry ◽

Status Quo ◽

Current Crisis ◽

Neoliberal Globalization ◽

Corporate Elite ◽

The Us ◽

The Status ◽

Trade War ◽

Multilateral Treaty

This article recounts the backlash against the neoliberal constitutionalism that locked in free trade and capital rights through the multilateral treaty organizations of the 1990s. It argues that we can find important forces in the disruption of the status quo among the elite losers of the 1990s settlement. Undercut by competition from China, the US steel industry, in particular, became a vocal opponent of unconditional free trade and a red thread linking all of Trump’s primary advisers on matters of trade. Steel lobbyists themselves helped frame a critique of actually existing neoliberal globalism, which Trump both adopted and acted on as part of his trade war. By searching for the contemporary attack on neoliberal constitutionalism among the disgruntled corporate elite, we find that our current crisis must be framed as a backlash from above as well as one from below.

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Characterisation of Extracts Obtained from Unripe Grapes and Evaluation of Their Potential Protective Effects against Oxidation of Wine Colour in Comparison with Different Oenological Products

Foods ◽

10.3390/foods10071499 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (7) ◽

pp. 1499

Author(s):

Giovanna Fia ◽

Ginevra Bucalossi ◽

Bruno Zanoni

Keyword(s):

Antioxidant Activity ◽

Red Wine ◽

Waste Product ◽

Natural Antioxidants ◽

White Wine ◽

Small Scale ◽

Protective Effects ◽

White Wines ◽

Accelerated Oxidation ◽

Wine Colour

Unripe grapes (UGs) are a waste product of vine cultivation rich in natural antioxidants. These antioxidants could be used in winemaking as alternatives to SO2. Three extracts were obtained by maceration from Viognier, Merlot and Sangiovese UGs. The composition and antioxidant activity of the UG extracts were studied in model solutions at different pH levels. The capacity of the UG extracts to protect wine colour was evaluated in accelerated oxidation tests and small-scale trials on both red and white wines during ageing in comparison with sulphur dioxide, ascorbic acid and commercial tannins. The Viognier and Merlot extracts were rich in phenolic acids while the Sangiovese extract was rich in flavonoids. The antioxidant activity of the extracts and commercial tannins was influenced by the pH. In the oxidation tests, the extracts and commercial products showed different wine colour protection capacities in function of the type of wine. During ageing, the white wine with the added Viognier UG extract showed the lowest level of colour oxidation. The colour of the red wine with the UG extract evolved similarly to wine with SO2 and commercial tannins. The obtained results indicated that natural and healthy UG extracts could be an interesting substitute for SO2 during wine ageing.

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The great Chinese surprise: the rupture with the United States is real and is happening

International Affairs ◽

10.1093/ia/iiz251 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 96 (2) ◽

pp. 419-437

Author(s):

Xiangfeng Yang

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The United States ◽

Donald Trump ◽

Ample Evidence ◽

Pendulum Swing ◽

The Us ◽

Methodological Problems ◽

Trade War ◽

The Stability ◽

The Individual

Abstract Ample evidence exists that China was caught off guard by the Trump administration's onslaught of punishing acts—the trade war being a prime, but far from the only, example. This article, in addition to contextualizing their earlier optimism about the relations with the United States under President Trump, examines why Chinese leaders and analysts were surprised by the turn of events. It argues that three main factors contributed to the lapse of judgment. First, Chinese officials and analysts grossly misunderstood Donald Trump the individual. By overemphasizing his pragmatism while downplaying his unpredictability, they ended up underprepared for the policies he unleashed. Second, some ingrained Chinese beliefs, manifested in the analogies of the pendulum swing and the ‘bickering couple’, as well as the narrative of the ‘ballast’, lulled officials and scholars into undue optimism about the stability of the broader relationship. Third, analytical and methodological problems as well as political considerations prevented them from fully grasping the strategic shift against China in the US.

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Self-Rated Aversion to Taste Qualities and the PROP Taster Phenotype Associate with Alcoholic Beverage Intake and Preference

Beverages ◽

10.3390/beverages7020037 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 37

Author(s):

Gary J. Pickering ◽

Margaret K. Thibodeau

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Red Wine ◽

Alcoholic Beverage ◽

Likert Scale ◽

White Wine ◽

Sensory Attributes ◽

Taste Perception ◽

Alcoholic Beverages ◽

Convenience Sample ◽

Beverage Type

Consumers often identify “taste” as an important factor when selecting alcoholic beverages. Although it is assumed that reduced alcohol consumption in PROP super-tasters is due to a greater dislike of the nominally aversive sensations that they experience more intensely (e.g., bitterness) when compared to PROP non-tasters, this question has not been specifically asked to them. Therefore, we examined consumers’ self-reported aversion towards specific sensory attributes (bitter, hot/burn, dry, sour, sweet, carbonation) for four alcoholic beverage types (white wine, red wine, beer, spirits) using a convenience sample of U.S. wine consumers (n = 925). Participants rated 18 statements describing different combinations of sensory attributes and alcoholic beverages on a 5-point Likert scale (e.g., Beer tastes too bitter for me). Individuals who tended to agree more strongly with the statements (i.e., they were more averse; p(F) < 0.05) tended to (i) consume less of all beverage types, (ii) consume a higher proportion of white wine (p(r) < 0.05), and (iii) were more likely to be female or PROP super-tasters. The results suggest that self-reported aversion to specific sensory attributes is associated with not only lower overall intake of alcoholic beverages, but also a shift in the relative proportions of beverage type consumed; a key finding for studies investigating how taste perception impacts alcohol consumption.

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Determination of Total Carbohydrates in Wine and Wine-Like Beverages by HPLC with a Refractive Index Detector: First Action 2013.12

Journal of AOAC International ◽

10.5740/jaoacint.13-320 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 97 (2) ◽

pp. 498-505 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Steve Kupina ◽

Mark Roman ◽

D Anderson ◽

S Bhandari ◽

M S Cardozo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Refractive Index ◽

Reference Material ◽

Organic Acids ◽

Red Wine ◽

Collaborative Study ◽

Ion Exchange Resin ◽

White Wine ◽

Negative Control ◽

Total Carbohydrates

Abstract An international collaborative study was conducted of an HPLC-refractive index (RI) detector method for the determination of the combined amounts of sugars, glycerol, organic acids, and phenolic compounds in wines and wine-like beverages. Nine collaboratinglaboratories representing major winery, contract laboratories, and government laboratories tested eight different materials as blind duplicates using the proposed method. Sample materials included red and white wines, port, wine cooler, and nonalcoholic wine. One material was a negative control, and one material was a reference material. Samples were either treated with an ion-exchange resin to remove interferingorganic acids prior to analysis or left untreated toinclude organic acids and phenolics. Red wine samples were treated with polyvinylpolypyrrolidone to remove potential interferences from phenolics prior to analysis. The HPLC analyses were performed on a Bio-Rad Fast Acid Analysis Column using RI detection. Reproducibility (RSDR) for untreated samples(sugars + phenolics + organic acids) ranged from 6.6% for Titrivin AA4 reference material to 11.0% for dry red wine. RSDR for treated samples (sugars only) ranged from 6.8% for white zinfandel to 18.9% for dry white wine. RSDR for treatedsamples (sugars only) + glycerol ranged from 6.4% for white zinfandel to 19.8% for dry red wine. Based on these results, the method was adopted as Official First Action status for determination of total carbohydrates in wine and wine-like beverages.

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UHPLC/ESI-MS/MS Determination of 187 Pesticides in Wine

Journal of AOAC International ◽

10.5740/jaoacint.15-0265 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 99 (2) ◽

pp. 539-557 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Jian Wang ◽

Wendy Cheung

Keyword(s):

Measurement Uncertainty ◽

Electrospray Ionization ◽

Pesticide Residues ◽

Red Wine ◽

White Wine ◽

Tandem Ms ◽

Fast Method ◽

Intermediate Precision ◽

Method Performance ◽

Standard Calibration

Abstract This paper presents an ultra HPLC/electrospray ionization-tandem MS method to determine pesticides in wine. We adopted the quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe (QuEChERs) method for extraction and used core-shell column to achieve ultra-HPLC to develop and validate a simple and fast method to analyze 187 pesticide residues in red and white wine samples. Pesticide residues were extracted from wine samples using QuEChERS. Ultra HPLC/electrospray ionization-tandem MS quantification was achieved using matrix-matched standard calibration curves with isotopically labeled standards or a chemical analogue as internal standards with an analytical range from 5.0 to 500.0 μg/L. The method performance characteristics that included overall recovery, intermediate precision, and measurement uncertainty were evaluated according to a nested experimental design. Generally, 98.4% (in red wine) and 96.8% (in white wine) of the pesticides had recoveries between 71 and 120%; 98.9% (in red wine) and 99.5% (in white wine) of the pesticides had the intermediate precision ≤20%; and 99.5% (in red wine) and 98.4% (in white wine) of the pesticides had measurement uncertainty ≤50%.

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Global Value Chains and the US–China Trade War

Geopolitics, Supply Chains, and International Relations in East Asia ◽

10.1017/9781108985468.004 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 23-40

Author(s):

Yuqing Xing

Keyword(s):

Global Value Chains ◽

Value Chains ◽

China Trade ◽

The Us ◽

Trade War

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The Dimensions of the US-China Trade War

Open Political Science ◽

10.1515/openps-2020-0004 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 47-55

Author(s):

Mohamad Zreik

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Indian Ocean ◽

Free Trade ◽

The United States ◽

Bilateral Agreements ◽

China Trade ◽

The Pacific ◽

The Us ◽

The Indian Ocean ◽

Trade War

AbstractThe Chinese Ministry of Commerce issued a statement Friday morning, July 6, 2018, confirming the outbreak of a trade war between the United States and China. The statement came after the United States imposed tariffs on many Chinese goods, in violation of international and bilateral agreements, and the destruction of the concept of free trade which the United States calls for following it. It is a war of opposite directions, especially the contradiction between the new Trump policy and the Chinese approach. The proof is what US Defense Secretary James Matisse announced in Singapore in early June 2018 of “the full strategy of the new United States, in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific,” where China was the “sole enemy of the United States” in China’s geostrategic region. Intentions have become publicized, and trade war between the two economic giants is turning into a reality. This paper will give an overview of the US-China scenario of trade war, then a focused analysis on the Trump’s administration economic decision regarding China, and the consequences of this decision.

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