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Battles over COOL, TPA leave bitter aftertaste

2015_0624_CocaCola Italian fashion house Trussadi designed a limited-edition collection of glass bottles and aluminum cans for Coca-Cola which were introduced this month at Expo Milano 2015 in Milan. These bottles are a special 330-ml (11-oz.) size. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)


Free-trade advocates are winning the battles over country-of-origin labeling and trade promotion authority, but the example of Coca-Cola raises questions about how universal industrial agriculture products can be, Jerry Hagstrom writes in his National Journal column today.