Jump to full article: CanWest News Services (ca), 2009-06-10
Author: Sheldon Alberts, Washington Correspondent, Canwest News Service
Intro: Add American cigarettes to the growing list of products getting caught up in the increasingly testy trade relationship between Canada and the United States.
Tobacco growers in Kentucky have launched a protest against the Harper government over a new anti-smoking bill they argue will lead to a ban on the vast majority of U.S. cigarette exports to Canada.
Tobacco growers in Kentucky have launched a protest against the Harper government over a new anti-smoking bill they argue will lead to a ban on the vast majority of U.S. cigarette exports to Canada.
Two U.S. congressmen have taken up the cause of 8,100 Kentucky farmers who grow burley tobacco - used in popular American-style cigarettes like Camel and Winston - and have warned International Trade Minister Stockwell Day that Canada's legislation violates NAFTA and other trade agreements.
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