Trump floats massive tariffs on French wine and champagne over Macron Board of Peace rejection

President Donald Trump on Monday floated the idea of slapping a 200% tariff on French wines and champagnes when asked about French President Emmanuel Macron declining to join the Board of Peace initiative focused on working toward and end to the Gaza conflict in the Middle East. “What I’ll do is if they feel… hostile, I’ll put a 200% tariff on his wines and champagnes. And he’ll join.

But, he doesn’t have to join,” Trump said on Monday. Macron’s office said on Monday that the French president had rejected Trump’s invitation to join the body, according to Politico, which reported that the statement indicated the panel’s charter “goes beyond the framework of Gaza and raises serious questions, in particular with respect to the principles and structure of the United Nations, which cannot be ca