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France "Won't Give In To Threats" After Trump Threatens 200% Tariff On EU Alcohol Imports
Another day, another tariff-based headline... President Trump threatened to enact a 200% tariff on European wine, champagne and other alcoholic beverages, the latest escalation in a brewing trade war between the US and the EU. The president in a social media post on Thursday said that he would move forward with the import duties if the EU doesn’t repeal a tax on US whiskey, a measure put in place to retaliate against Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs that went into effect on Wednesday. The European Union, one of the most hostile and abusive taxing and tariffing authorities in the World, which was formed for the ... (full story)