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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.

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[–] Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de 41 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 17 points 17 hours ago

he said 100% tariffs with his pinky pointing to the edge of his mouth, then a staffer told him higher is possible

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 9 points 17 hours ago

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

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)

[–] sfxrlz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 17 hours ago
[–] match@pawb.social 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Quittenbrot@feddit.org 4 points 14 hours ago

You can only explain something you understand yourself..

[–] Ethalis@jlai.lu 5 points 16 hours ago

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

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

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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