Trump Threatens 200 Percent Tariff on EU Alcohol

‘This will be great for the Wine and Champagne businesses in the U.S.,’ the president said on Truth Social.

President Donald Trump speaks to the press on the South Portico of the White House in Washington on March 11, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to slap a 200 percent tariff on alcohol from France and other European Union-represented nations.

Trump said in a March 13 Truth Social post that the European Union issued a 50 percent tariff on whiskey from the United States.