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An Indian vendor sorts garlic (allium sativum) at a vegatable market in Siliguri on July 16, 2011
Friday, Nov. 25, 2011

Open quoteThey know that we are already one of the E.U.'s biggest net contributors — and now they want to send us a garlic bill for £20 million.Close quote

  • MARTIN CALLANAN,
  • a British member of the E.U. Parliament, is less than impressed by the E.U.'s decision to send his country a hefty tax bill of $31 million for garlic imported from China between 2005 to 2006
Photo: DIPTENDU DUTTA / AFP / Getty Images | Source: Daily Telegraph