Wine Spectator: Wine Caught In Trade War Crossfire
Wine consumers and the wine industry are increasingly becoming collateral damage in President Donald Trump’s trade battles with other nations. For wine consumers who enjoy European wines, the impact would be severe.
Importers who bring those wines to the U.S. would need to pay the 200% tariffs and would likely pass on most, if not all, of that cost to American consumers, effectively creating a 200% tax on European wine.
About a fifth of wine exports from the E.U. go to the United States, based on data from Eurostat, worth more than €5 billion in 2024. Italy, France and Spain would be hit hardest by the measure. Wine Spectator has more.
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