Diageo Says it Won’t Go After Tax Equivalency

That's what Paul Walsh and Paul Clinton said in an interview with BusinessWeek yesterday. But, they did say that spirits makers "should have equal access to the consumer, so if a beer brand can advertise, I don't see why our products can't be advertised," said Walsh. The two Pauls also said that brewers' efforts on the TTB's reformulation issue was unfair (see BBD 04-02-03 ). Walsh says, "That's purely self-serving rhetoric in order for the beer companies to protect their