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Trump Threatens 100% Tariff on French Wine and Champagne, Macron Resists
Hours before taking off for France to attend a summit with other world leaders, United States President Donald Trump threatened a 100 percent tariff on French wine and Champagne. The levy would come in retaliation for the French government’s 3 percent tax on services from American tech companies. Trump announced the ultimatum today in an interview with the New York Post. Unless French President Emmanuel Macron ditches the sales tax on American tech, Trump claims he would have “no choice” but to impose the 100 percent tariff on all French Champagne and wine. The article Trump Threatens 100% Tariff on French Wine and Champagne, Macron Resists appeared first on VinePair .
by Stephen Bradley2 viewsfrench-winenewspoliticstarifftariffstrump - news
‘Catastrophic’: U.S. Exports Drop by $357 Million After Canada’s Wine Ban
Canada’s multiple-province ban on American products caused a $357 million deficit for the U.S. wine industry. The prohibition, which started after President Trump enacted his controversial, far-reaching tariffs, prompted the value of U.S. wine exports to Canada to plummet from $460 million in 2024 to $103 million in 2025, according to a new report from Wine Institute. The shift marks a 78 percent drop in U.S. wine exports to Canada, according to the report, which summarized data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The ban also accounts for 81 percent of all losses for global U.S. wine exports last year. The article ‘Catastrophic’: U.S. Exports Drop by $357 Million After Canada’s Wine Ban appeared first on VinePair .
by Stephen Bradley2 viewsbusinessnewsreporttarifftariffstrump - news
Greenland is within grasp.
I have mentioned before that during Covid and in total isolation, I busied myself with knitting dementia mitts. It had a threefold use - first it gave me something to do in my solitude. Secondly it passed the hours whilst not feeling guilty about watching too much television at the same time. Thirdly it stopped the temptation to nibble on calorie-rich snacks when I was bored. I have made hundreds of these mitts over the last few years and donated them free of charge to charity shops, care homes and friends, whose relatives needed them. We have even recently been selling them in our local park information centre, as a lot of park visitors have dementia. As soon as I have made a few, I get requests for more. Recently a volunteer I work with at our local foodbank asked if she could have some. She also volunteers at our local hospice and knew they would be useful there. I have in fact donated to this hospice before. So since Christmas I have been knitting like an a
by noreply@blogger.com (ADDY)3 viewsdementiadementia-mittenstrump