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Trump threatens 200% tariff on French wine, champagne over Board of Peace snub
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US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as the Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum (R) looks on, before boarding Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, in West Palm Beach, Florida on January 19, 2026 (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
US President Donald Trump threatens 200 percent tariffs on French wine and champagne over France’s intentions to decline the US leader’s invitation to join his Board of Peace.
The board was originally conceived to oversee the rebuilding of war-torn Gaza, but the charter does not appear to limit its role to just that.
“I’ll put a 200 percent tariff on his wines and champagnes. And he’ll join. But he doesn’t have to join,” Trump says, referring to French President Emmanuel Macron.
A source close to Macron told AFP yesterday that France “does not intend to answer favorably” to the invitation.
The board’s charter “goes beyond the sole framework of Gaza,” the source close to the French president said.
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