WASHINGTON, D.C.: France's Trade Minister Franck Riester on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) said he was "quite optimistic" that a resolution could be found to a dispute with Russia over labeling champagne bottles.
Home of the original champagne, France jealously guards its right to use the term and has been in talks with Moscow about a law signed by President Vladimir Putin in July that bars French champagne producers from using the word on their bottles sold in Russia.
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