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U.S. Virgin Islands: Use of U.S. rum-tax revenue to subsidize rum production

Announcement

15 Apr 2010

In April 2010, the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands announced a change in production support.

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1

0 certainly harmful

1 likely harmful

0 liberalising

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Updated: 15 Apr 2010
Production subsidy

The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands has lured a rum producer from Puerto Rico by granting it a multi-billion dollar subsidy. The funding for that subsidy ultimately comes from the Federa...

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