France Says Trump Must Stop Threatening Champagne Tariffs

France’s minister for trade, Nicolas Forissier, slammed Donald Trump’s threats to slap tariffs on champagne and repeated pledges to retaliate if the US president ever followed through.

Trump floated a 200% levy on wines and champagne earlier this week in response to Paris’s rejection of an invitation to join his so-called Board of Peace. He has since dropped separate plans to impose tariffs on European nations opposing his bid to take possession of Greenland, helping to cool tensions.