Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 13/03/2025 | 00:00:00

AI Summary:
EU announced tariffs on $28bn in US goods, including a 50 percent levy on US bourbon whiskey, on Thursday in retaliation after US tariffs came into effect the previous day. "If this Tariff is not removed immediately, the U.S. Will shortly place a 200% Tariff on all WINES, CHAMPAGNES, & ALCOHOLIC PRODUCTS COMING OUT OF FRANCE AND OTHER E.U. REPRESENTED Europe’s response to Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs means that the cost of a $30 bottle of bourbon in Paris could increase to $45. Their imposition raises questions about whether the wider business community might openly challenge a series of trade wars that have hurt the stock market and scared consumers. In the US, Distilled Spirits Council head Chris Swonger called the EU’s plans “deeply disappointing”.

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  • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
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    25 days ago

    Could we cut the drama and declare right now that nobody buys anything from any other country anymore from now on? The daily onslaught of stupid is really tiring: do it all at once and be done with it already.

    • Thorry84@feddit.nl
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      25 days ago

      Unfortunately this isn’t really possible. The global economy has become so intertwined almost all countries heavily rely on their international imports and exports.

      All these tariffs Trump is putting on anything will sink the US economy leading to the biggest crash in the past 30 years at least, if not ever.