Donald Trump threatens 200% tariff on EU wine and champagne

c/europe · u/cm0002@lemmy.world · 87 points

>Donald Trump has threatened a 200% tariff on wine and champagne from European Union countries, in the latest threat of escalation in the global trade war started by the US president against the country’s biggest trading partners.

>Trump said in a post on Thursday on his Truth Social platform that the tariffs on all alcoholic products from the bloc would be retaliation for a “nasty” 50% levy on bourbon whiskey announced by the EU.

>The EU’s action against bourbon whiskey – due to come into force on 1 April – was itself part of a €26bn response to Trump’s 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, which came into effect on Wednesday.

Comments

u/Quittenbrot@feddit.org · 4 points

You can only explain something you understand yourself..

u/federalreverse@feddit.org · 2 points

The imperial navy has been less consistent (from 2017!).

u/expatriado@lemmy.world · 18 points

he said _100% tariffs_ with his pinky pointing to the edge of his mouth, then a staffer told him higher is possible

u/MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io · 10 points

To be fair, it may just be Stopped Clock Syndrome, as he doesn’t understand that some things can’t be greater than 100%

u/Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de · 44 points

the only thing that suprised me is that he actually knows that tarifs can be more than 100%

u/AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space · 21 points

Oh no! He's going to build up the imperial navy!

(To anyone not speaking German, it's been a meme for over a century now, that in 1902, a tax on sparkling wine was levied, explicitly to build up the German Imperial Navy, and it is still a tax to this very day)

u/sfxrlz@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 21 points

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u/Ethalis@jlai.lu · 7 points

Wine and champagne? Bernard Arnault must be glad he supported Trump

u/match@pawb.social · 4 points

how's he going to explain this to his constituents? i mean, didactically. how is he going to explain the basic math to his constituents

u/DogPeePoo@lemm.ee · 4 points

Jim Halpert: “201 percent?”

Dwight Schrute: “Sure”

Jim: “202 percent?”

Dwight: “I could see that”

Jim: “203 percent? —and that’s just me spitballing…”

Dwight: “That’s a very real possibility”

Jim: “204 percent?”

Dwight: “Yes…”

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