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Former U.S. Ambassador to the EU Fights Labeling Decision Targeting Israel
(Al-Monitor) Julian Pecquet and Aaron Schaffer - The Psagot winery in the West Bank hired Covington and Burling in September to battle EU regulations on country-of-origin labeling. The lead lobbyist on the account, former U.S. Ambassador to the EU Stuart Eizenstat, said that the EU rules violate World Trade Organization regulations. "It's not an appropriate use of regulations which were designed for safety and health of food products, not for political products."