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Trump floats 200% tariff on French wine over perceived snub
Donald Trump has warned of steep tariffs on French wine and champagne as he presses France's president Emmanuel Macron to join a US-led "Board of Peace." Paris has signalled that it does not plan to join the initiative.
US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 200% tariff on French wines and champagnes amid reports that French President Emmanuel Macron declined to join his proposed "Board of Peace" initiative.
Trump linked the tariff threat directly to Macron's apparent refusal to participate in the body, which the US president has pitched as a forum to resolve global conflicts.
Under the plan, longer-term members would be required to pay $1 billion each (about €857,170,000) into a fund overseen by Trump as chairman.
France Intends to Decline Invitation to Trump's Board of Peace, Macron Spokesperson Says
European diplomats say the initiative raises 'major questions' about the UN and international law, with one warning that 'no European country is expected to go along with this.' Sources cite Putin's invitation and Trump's Greenland threats as key factors hardening EU opposition
France intends to decline an invitation to participate in U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, a spokesperson for President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday evening.
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Trump Floats 200% Champagne Tariff and Reveals Macron’s Text
(Bloomberg) — US President Donald Trump took a swipe at French leader Emmanuel Macron for rejecting an invitation to back his latest peace initiative and suggested he could impose a crushing tariff on champagne in retaliation.
“Nobody wants him because he’s going to be out of office very soon,” Trump told reporters Monday local time, after being informed Macron would decline his invitation. “I’ll put a 200% tariff on his wines and champagnes and he’ll join,” he added.
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The president also published a text message from his French counterpart in which Macron invited Trump to have dinner in Paris on Thursday and to meet with Ukraine, Syria, Denmark and Russia.
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