美国总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)周四坚持自己的关税政策，几个小时前，他威胁要对来自欧盟的香槟和其他酒类产品征收200%的关税，从而加剧全球贸易战。
“我根本不会屈服，”特朗普周四在白宫对记者说。当被问及是否会重新考虑将于4月2日生效的新一轮关税时，特朗普给出了一个词的回答:“不会。”
美国股市周四暴跌，抹去了部分涨幅标准普尔500指数和科技股为主的纳斯达克指数。道琼斯工业平均指数收盘下跌535点，跌幅1.3%，而标准普尔500指数收盘下跌1.3%标准普尔500指数下跌1.4%。以科技股为主的纳斯达克指数下跌了近2%。
欧洲大型酿酒商的股价周四也下跌，这显然是对特朗普关税威胁的反应。
在欧盟宣布计划对价值280亿美元的美国商品征收关税，包括对威士忌征收50%的关税后，美国发出了额外关税的威胁。这些关税标志着对美国钢铁和铝进口关税的回应。
特朗普呼吁欧盟降低威士忌关税，称美国否则将“很快”对来自欧盟的酒类产品征收关税。
特朗普尖锐批评欧盟，称该组织是“世界上最具敌意和滥用税收和关税的机构之一。”
在一个邮政在X上，法国贸易部长洛朗·圣马丁说:“唐纳德·特朗普正在升级他选择发动的贸易战。法国仍然决心与欧洲委员会和我们的伙伴一起进行报复。我们不会屈服于威胁，将永远保护我们的部门。”
如果特朗普推进他的关税威胁，此举可能会对美国消费者产生重大影响。
美国是世界上最大的葡萄酒和香槟进口国。根据世界银行的数据，美国每年进口价值近49亿美元的葡萄酒，其中16亿美元从法国进口。2023年，美国进口了价值超过17亿美元的香槟。
美国蒸馏酒理事会敦促美国和欧盟达成一项决议，使该行业回到“零关税”
“这是一种允许美国和欧盟之间烈酒出口蓬勃发展的模式，符合特朗普总统对公平和互惠贸易的愿景，”该委员会主席克里斯·斯旺格在一份声明中写道。
特朗普在第一个任期也瞄准了酒类行业。一系列针锋相对的关税打击了美国和欧盟的酒类产品。拜登政府暂停了这些关税，但现在该行业再次成为众矢之的。该行业仍在从第一次关税争端中恢复。
在过去的三年里，“美国酿酒商努力在我们最大的出口市场重新站稳脚跟，”Swonger补充说。
周四的关税威胁标志着全球贸易战的最新冲突。政府官员表示，作为对美国钢铁和铝关税的回应，加拿大宣布对207亿美元的美国商品征收报复性关税。美国从加拿大进口的钢铁和铝比从任何其他国家都多。
特朗普政府上周对中国征收10%的关税，将中国进口关税提高了一倍，达到20%。作为回应，中国对美国农产品征收报复性关税，加深了世界上两个最大经济体之间的贸易战。
贸易紧张引发了华尔街对衰退的担忧。高盛(Goldman Sachs)上周将经济衰退的可能性从15%上调至20%。穆迪分析公司将经济衰退的可能性提高到35%。
Trump stands firm on tariff plans after threat against EU: 'I'm not going to bend at all'
President Donald Trump on Thursday stood firm on his tariff policy, hours after threatening to escalate a global trade war with a 200% tariff on champagne and other alcohol products from the European Union.
"I'm not going to bend at all," Trump told reporters at the White House on Thursday. When asked whether he would reconsider a fresh round of tariffs set to go into effect on April 2, Trump offered a one-word reply: "No."
U.S. stocks tumbled Thursday, erasing some gains in the S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq a day earlier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 535 points, or 1.3%, while the S&P 500 dropped 1.4%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq declined nearly 2%.
Shares of large European winemakers also fell on Thursday in apparent reaction to Trump's tariff threat.
The threat of additional U.S. tariffs came after the EU announced plans to slap tariffs on $28 billion worth of U.S. goods, including a 50% tariff on whiskey. Those tariffs marked a response to U.S. duties on steel and aluminum imports.
Trump called on the EU to drop its tariff on whiskey, saying the U.S would otherwise "shortly place" a tariff on alcohol products from the EU.
Trump sharply criticized the EU, describing the organization as "one of the most hostile and abusive taxing and tariffing authorities in the World."
In aposton X, French Trade Minister Laurent Saint-Martin said: “Donald Trump is escalating the trade war he chose to unleash. France remains determined to retaliate together with the European Commission and our partners. We will not give in to threats and will always protect our sectors.”
If Trump moves forward with his tariff threat, the move could have a significant impact on American consumers.
The US is the world’s largest importer of wine and champagne. The US imported nearly $4.9 billion worth of Wine each year, with $1.6 billion imported from France, according to World Bank Data. In 2023, the US imported more than $1.7 billion worth of champagne.
The Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S. is urging the U.S. and EU to come to a resolution that gets the industry back to “zero-to-zero tariffs.”
“This is a model that has allowed spirits exports between the U.S. and EU to flourish and is in line with President Trump’s vision for fair and reciprocal trade,” the council’s President Chris Swonger wrote in a statement.
In his first term, Trump also targeted the alcohol industry. A series of tit-for-tat tariffs hit alcohol products in the U.S. and the EU. The Biden administration suspended those tariffs, but now the industry is once again in the crosshairs. The industry has still been recovering from that first tariff spat.
For the past three years, “U.S. distillers have worked hard to regain solid footing in our largest export market,” Swonger added.
The tariff threats on Thursday mark the latest skirmish in a global trade war. In response to U.S. duties on steel and aluminum, Canada announced retaliatory tariffs applied to $20.7 billion in U.S. goods, government officials said. The U.S. imports more steel and aluminum from Canada than from any other country.
The Trump administration last week slapped a 10% tariff on China, doubling taxes on Chinese imports to 20%. In response, China imposed retaliatory duties on U.S. agricultural goods, deepening a trade war between the world's two largest economies.
The trade tensions triggered recession fears on Wall Street. Goldman Sachs last week hiked its odds of a recession from 15% to 20%. Moody's Analytics raised its gauge of the probability of a recession to 35%.
