Trump threatens France with 200% wine and Champagne tariffs

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-threatens-france-eu-wine-champagne-alcohol-tariffs-2044099

27 Comments

  1. LovelyDayHere on

    Something tells me a French-Canadian collaboration on nuclear security could and should be on the cards with this kind of US attitude.

  2. Cookie_Volant on

    Oh no ! Anyway.

    Joke aside i believe there was already massive trade barriers on these so no change for us. But i guess somebody didn’t like a certain submarine greetings the canadians.

  3. He’ll just keep doing this, threatening larger tariffs until the US is sanctioned by the EU (and probably Canada too and maybe Australia and the UK) and cut off from trade completely by practically the whole world.

  4. France? the country known for the best wines in the world? Oh no, what will France do?!

  5. The sum total of his geopolitical strategy is egregious and unwarranted threats to our allies. I am sorry to the world for this malicious oaf.

  6. “This will be great for the Wine and **Champagne** businesses in the U.S.”

    A champagne business would probably not love a 200% tariff on their imports.

  7. The United States no longer needs any champagne imports as there is nothing worth celebrating.

  8. America ain’t going to be celebrating much in the future so no need for champagne 🤣

  9. rainbowtoasti on

    Luckily, there is great American made wine to fall back on. Brought to you by the guy who eats his steak with ketchup.

  10. “champagne businesses in the US”. Who is gonna tell him why they call it champagne.

  11. Affectionate_Cut_835 on

    What a piece of stupid dumb-fuck. He COULD hurt the EU really bad.

    Why impose tarrifs on alluminium and wine? Because he doesn’t know any better! He doesn’t know there are high-tech products exported from the EU to the US. All he can think of is wine, alluminium, and fucking asbestos, which he loves ❤️ ❤️❤️❤️❤️.

  12. studiesinsilver on

    It blows my mind how he thinks imposing a tariff will immediately make a certain sector in the US magically bloom and prosper overnight. What a dumb move.

  13. We just dumped pretty much all US alcohol in Canada – so I could see Europe being the big replacement of that.

  14. MaliciousPotatoes on

    This will make the French think twice about sneaking more of that damn fentanyl into our borders!

  15. Upset_Nothing3051 on

    Good. Trump and his cronies don’t deserve champagne. Let them celebrate with the Kentucky bourbon that’s sitting unsold because of his insane tariffs.

  16. Trump’s understanding of the economy seems limited to imposing tariffs, as if he just discovered them and believes they’re the only way to make other countries pay.

    What he fails to grasp is that tariffs are effectively a tax on consumers, ultimately harming Americans by reducing trade and slowing economic activity. Instead of strengthening the economy, his approach risks undermining the strong economic conditions he inherited—once again—from a Democratic president.

  17. This headline is a bit misleading, the tariff is for all alcohol from the EU that includes beer from Germany and vodka from Poland, etc.

  18. Yes, let’s stab the same country that helped you gain your independence in the first place in the back! Wow

  19. Maleficent_Pay_4154 on

    Yea but give he a couple of days he will take it back only to add it again and take it away. I’m sorry but you have to laugh to avoid crying