Trump’s latest tariff threat: 200 percent on alcohol from the EU

President Trump is threatening to hit wines, champagne and other alcoholic beverages from European Union members with 200 percent tariffs if the bloc does not “immediately” remove 50 percent duties on U.S. whiskey. In a Thursday Truth Social post , Trump claimed the EU had “just put a nasty 50% Tariff on Whisky,” referring to the European Commission’s decision to reinstate and double a previously suspended 25 percent duty rate on whiskeys made in the U.S. That decision was made...