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International Business Times
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Louis GENOT and Marc BURLEIGH

BIZARRE: Carrefour attempts damage control against brazil boycott | Mind Blowing Facts

Carrefour CEO Alexandre Bompard apologized to Brazil for 'confusion' caused by his announced French retail ban on Mercosur meat (Credit: AFP)

French supermarket group Carrefour attempted Tuesday to end a supplier "boycott" of its stores in Brazil by apologizing for refusing to sell Mercosur-origin meat in its outlets in France.

"We apologize" if the domestic French retail ban announced last week "created confusion," Carrefour CEO Alexandre Bompard said in a letter to Brazil's agriculture minister released to media including AFP.

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