Even by the standards of his fellow Greens, Mr Goldsmith is a single-minded fanatic or perhaps just a Great British Eccentric, depending on your generosity of spirit.

ECONOMIST: The environment

"Effectively, the excise tax at least violates the spirit of the free trade agreement, and probably the letter, depending on how the tax is implemented, " says Alejandro Martinez Cuenca, owner of Joya de Nicaragua cigars and the leader of a coalition of Nicaraguan cigar manufacturers that opposes the bills.

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