Trump's threat about a wine war with France puzzles the French

Bafflement and derision in capital as US president in spat with Macron slams wine trade tariffs as 'not fair'

A tweet by Donald Trump attacking the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and threatening a wine war with France, has left a sour taste in Paris. In a series of online comments lambasting Macron over nationalism and world wars, the US president rated the wine trade between France and the US as "not fair".

On Trade, France makes excellent wine, but so does the U.S. The problem is that France makes it very hard for the U.S. to sell its wines into France, and charges big Tariffs, whereas the U.S. makes it easy for French wines, and charges very small Tariffs. Not fair, must change!

EU tariffs on wine are roughly 9p a bottle. Get a grip. https://t.co/0tkjV5neam

my dude tariffs on US wines sold to France is a tax on audacity https://t.co/QKuQAAdSHR