Business & Economics
Trump Dangles 200 % Wine Tariff to Strong-Arm France into Joining U.S. ‘Board of Peace’
On 20 Jan 2026, President Trump publicly threatened a punitive 200 % duty on all French wine and champagne imports unless President Macron reverses course and signs France onto Trump’s fledgling, U.S.–chaired Board of Peace for Gaza and other conflicts.