Trump Brings European Wineries to Their Knees Even Before Tariffs Hit
Growers were already struggling from France to Italy when the US president threatened a 200% levy on the region's wine. Now, shipments have ground to a halt and producers don't even know how to price their bottles.
Organic grape vines at Cave Héraclès.
Photographer: Maria Contreras Coll/Bloomberg
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When President Donald Trump posted his 200% tariff threat on European wine, growers were already struggling with a secular decline in consumption so dire that France started paying farmers to uproot vines.