The United States is the largest importer of French wines and spirits, representing 21 percent of the overall export market last year.
In 2019, France introduced a three percent tax on the earnings of technology companies operating within its borders, including American firms like Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Google’s parent company Alphabet.
Trump said he asked Macron “not to charge American companies,” as reported by the New York Post.
“If they do, I have no choice but to charge a 100 percent tariff on all champagnes and all wines coming out of France,” he was quoted as saying.
“All (Macron) has to do is get rid of the sales tax, and he wouldn’t have that kind of pressure.”