[xapata]

You're using an ambiguous pronoun reference. Who's picking the fight? I don't think it was so obvious that war would be the consequence.

If I'm a tea smuggler beating the competition by avoiding taxes and my competitor is granted an even better tax-avoidance method (an exemption), then I'm going to pick a fight. I still might find a different business, but I'd see how far I could push it, first.