date:Aug 26, 2013
d be among those potentially squeezed hardest by minimum pricing. However,retailers control pricing once any tax or regulation is accounted for and it remains unclear how they would react, and what the knock-on effect could be for shelf space orsupply chain profit margins.
Still, several countries have challenged the Scottish proposal at European Union level, arguing that it constitutes an unfair barrier to trade. The European Commission isconsidering its position, but has previously said it wo