- President Donald Trump threatened 200 % on European wine and other alcohol on Thursday.
- The new alcohol tariff threatened to take revenge on the European Union tariff for American goods announced on Wednesday.
- In a social publication, Trump said that the European Union was formed “for the only purpose of benefiting” from the United States.
President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 200 % tariff on the next alcohol to the United States from Europe in response to the fresh definitions imposed by the European Union this week.
In fact, social on Thursday mailTrump said that he could impose the duty on all wine, champagne and other alcohol from France and other European Union countries.
“The European Union, one of the most bad tax and definition authorities in the world, which has been formed for the only purpose of benefiting from the United States, has just put a 50 % bad tariff on whiskey,” Trump wrote.
The threat of revenge is the latest escalation of exchange between the United States and the European Union on the definitions.
This comes the day after the European Commission announced definitions of more than $ 28 billion of American goods in response to new American duties on steel and aluminum.
He said that a 200 % tariff for wine will come if this new European Union tariff “immediately” is not removed.
Trump command 25 % tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminum Last month, which came into effect on Wednesday.
The European Commission said that counter -measures are identical to the scope of American definitions. The affected American goods include boats, porpon whiskey and motorcycles.
The committee added that it is still ready to work with the United States to “solve negotiations”, describing the new American definitions “unjustified.”
On Wednesday, European Commission President Ursula von der Lynn said that US definitions disrupt supply chains, which leads to uncertainty in the economy, pay prices, and put jobs at stake in Europe and the United States.
