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Pressure is growing on U.S. President Barack Obama from Americans at home and abroad to scrap a planned 300 percent duty hike on Roquefort cheese that many say is embarrassing for their country’s image.
The duty, raised by Obama’s predecessor George W. Bush as part of a raft of taxes in retaliation to a European Union [...]

France’s pungent Roquefort cheese is at the centre of a trade row with the United States that is seen as George W. Bush’s last snub to the country that was one of sharpest critics of his invasion of Iraq.

On a recent visit to Morzine in the Haute-Savoie region of France, I enjoyed a particularly fine reblochon. I was more used to it in raclette or fondue, but eaten simply, at room temperature, it was a delight.
The reblochon was soft and cool, with a creamy, smooth taste. Having previously only experienced it in a [...]