Enables Australian beef to compete with U.S.
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You Will Be Living in a Place that Resembles Europe. Or Perhaps China or Australia
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Australia’s wine glut
The Wine Economist reports that Australia’s overproduction of wine has reached a crisis point:
Australia has an accumulated surplus of 100 million cases of wine that will double in the next two years if current trends continue, according to the report. The annual surplus is huge – equal to all UK export sales and there is no clear
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Is This the End of Bottled Water?
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