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Trump threatens retaliatory 200 per cent tariff on European wine

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      A 200 percent tariff is designed to make sure that no Champagne will be shipped to the United States,
      The New York Times
      said Calvin Boucher, a manager at Michel Gonet, a 225-year-old Champagne house on the avenue
    • 88:88
      We are waiting to see what happens, but it’s not good news,
      The New York Times
      said Ms. Doucet, whose Champagne is made with a laborious low-pressure process that gives it a crisp acidity and fine effervescence
    • 88:88
      We need to talk to the Americans to bring the tension back down,
      The New York Times
      he told French television
    • 88:88
      It seems like a deliberate punishment,
      The New York Times
      said Cyril Depart, the owner of the Salvatori wine shop, just off the avenue, which offers a wide variety of artisanal Champagnes
    • 88:88
      It’s just a stressful situation because we don’t know if the tariffs will even happen,
      The New York Times
      he said
    • 88:88
      Many of our friends are small producers and they would be hit very hard,
      The New York Times
      she said
    • 88:88
      French people are waking up to what’s happening in the United States, and starting to speak about boycotting American products,
      The New York Times
      she said
    • 88:88
      So even a 25 percent tariff can easily lead to a 40 to 60 percent increase in prices,
      The New York Times
      he said
    • 88:88
      When you have a country as big as ours, with so much diversity of where we can produce wine, inevitably you’re going to find pockets that match the great wine-growing regions in Europe,
      CNN
      said Luvera
    • 88:88
      I’m sure some (wine) purists would disagree with me, but I definitely think that almost anything you can find in Europe, you can find a great equivalent here in the United States,
      CNN
      Allison Luvera, co-founder and CEO of California-based Juliet Wine, told CNN
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      Everybody would be negatively impacted in some way, whether indirectly or directly, if these went into effect,
      CNN
      she said
    • 88:88
      If somebody wanted to find a Champagne alternative here, they would want to look for a sparkling wine made in the United States that says ‘traditional method,’
      CNN
      she said
    • 88:88
      We're going to win that financial battle."
      Hürriyet Daily News
      Trump said on March 12
    • 88:88
      Mélanie Joly
      If the U.S. can do this to us, their closest friend, then nobody is safe.”
      Newsmax
      Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said
    • 88:88
      We want toasts, not tariffs,
      Newsmax
      said Chris Swonger, president and CEO of the Distilled Spirits Council in the U.S
    • 88:88
      Mark Carney
      The Americans want our resources, our water, our land, our country,
      Newsmax
      Prime Minister Mark Carney said days before his swearing-in Friday
    • 88:88
      If you make him unhappy, he responds unhappy,
      Newsmax
      he told Bloomberg TV, explaining
    • 88:88
      His tariff policy is erratic, more erratic than April weather,
      Newsmax
      Robert Halver, head of capital markets analysis at Germany’s Baader Bank, said from the floor of the Frankfurt stock market
    • 88:88
      Congratulations to Chuck Schumer for doing the right thing — Took "guts" and courage!"
      CNA
      Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform
    • 88:88
      I don't even want to imagine that it could come to that,
      International Business Times
      said David Chatillon, co-president of the region's Champagne committee industry body