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The U.S. is the biggest market for champagne with 10% of champagne exports by volume and 15% by value and producers say the tariffs will push up prices for consumers and threaten jobs all along the supply chain,
Wall Street had a mixed finish, with the S&P 500 slightly down after an all-time high, while the Dow dropped 142 points. Trump is pushing for higher EU tariffs, causing market fluctuations. Consumer sentiment rose,
EU trade ministers have agreed that U.S. President Donald Trump’s 30% tariffs announced on the European Union are “absolutely unacceptable,” and they are studying a new set of countermeasures to respond to the move.
The EU has reverted to offering the US tit-for-tat tariff reductions on cars, with negotiators abandoning the idea of a complex “netting mechanism” first proposed by German carmakers.
President Donald Trump's 30% tariffs on European Union goods could drive up costs across the world's alcohol trade. The EU is eyeing retaliatory measures.
EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic will head to Washington on Wednesday for tariff talks, an EU spokesperson told Reuters, adding that he will meet U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.
The European Union has returned U.S. spirits to its proposed list of retaliatory tariffs. Here's what that could mean for Kentucky's bourbon industry.
Things aren’t looking good for Mexico either. In a letter addressed to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, Trump said that while the country had been “helping me to secure the border.” However, if Mexico wants the US to adjust the levies, it needs to be “successful in challenging the Cartels and stopping the flow of Fentanyl.”