Trump’s 200% tariff threat would be ‘a real disaster’ for Europe’s wine industry

The Charentaise sector is calling for relief. It could see its economy collapse due to a potential border surcharge of 39% by the Chinese authorities on 5 April and 200 % by the Trump administration a few days later.

Trump threatening to impose tariffs on wines, spirits from European Union

The threat is in response to the European Union's retaliatory tariffs put on U.S. alcohol.

'Proceed at your peril': Alcohol industry likens 'chaos' of Trump tariffs to 'Squid Game'

Economists, liberal and progressive as well as conservative and libertarian, are warning that President Donald Trump's new tariffs will make a wide variety of goods more expensive — from fruits and vegetables to washing machines to electronics. Another is alcohol. A wide range of alcoholic beverages are imported into the United States, ranging from beers and wines to hard liquor. Guinness, for example, comes from the Republic of Ireland, while S…

Trump’s Tariffs Will Make Classic Cocktails More Expensive

A 200 percent tax on imported European alcohol goes into effect on April 2.

Americans worried about the threat of 200% customs duties on European wine are rushing towards the nectar of the Old Continent.

‘It would put us out of business’: Restaurants, importers brace for 200% European wine tariff

‘It would put us out of business’: Restaurants, importers brace for 200% European wine tariff That $19 bottle of wine could cost you close to $50 if President Trump's 200% tariff goes into effect, and at least one importer says it would put them out of business.