Trump floats 200% tariff on French wines, champagne if Macron snubs Board of Peace invite

US President Donald Trump took shots at French leader Emmanuel Macron for rejecting his invitation to join a proposed Board of Peace, and suggested he could impose a 200 per cent tariff on champagne in retaliation.

“Well, nobody wants him because he’s going to be out of office very soon,” Mr Trump told reporters on Jan 19, after being informed that Mr Macron would decline his invitation. “I’ll put a 200 per cent tariff on his wines and champagnes and he’ll join,” he added.

The president also published a text message from his French counterpart in which Mr Macron invited Mr Trump to have dinner in Paris on Jan 22.

Mr Macron also proposed meetings with Ukraine, Syria, Denmark and Russia to address a range of issues, including Mr Trump’s demand to take Greenland from Denmark, citing security issues.

“I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland,” Mr Macron told Mr Trump in the text, which was confirmed by a French official.

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