Duties: Trump threatens EU: ‘50% off whisky or 200% tariffs on wines and champagnes’

Milan, 13 March (LaPresse) – US President Donald Trump is threatening to introduce tariffs of 200% on wines, champagnes and spirits from France and other European countries if the EU goes ahead with tariffs of 150% on whiskey. ‘The European Union, one of the most hostile and unfair tax and tariff authorities in the world, which was formed for the sole purpose of taking advantage of the United States, has just imposed a hateful 50% tariff on whisky. If this tariff is not immediately removed, the United States will soon apply tariffs of 200% on all wines, champagnes and alcoholic products from France and other countries represented by the European Union,’ Trump writes on his social media account Truth, ’this will be a great advantage for wine and champagne companies in the United States.’