A tariff on champagne would mostly hit the rich so go for it hahaha
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It would hit plenty of us working class schmucks too. I don't usually get to treat myself to a bottle, but it's nice for a special occasion to get actual champagne over prosecco. I guess this is the end of that.
Pretty sure you have bigger problems? Asking for a friend.
Prosecco is Italian, so I assume would be covered too?
True. But decent bottles of prosecco start at like $8, and decent champagne starts at like $40.
Is that so? A good champagne is 20-30 Euros in Germany
Transport from France to Germany is a lot cheaper than from France to USA. But I don't know why Italian prosecco is so much cheaper. Same issue with bordeaux vs. (say) tuscan.
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California produces many excellent sparkling wines, some of which are quite affordable. We've got a bit of a grape glut as well, so that should help with prices. European wines going to Canada sounds like a good plan as well! I'm all for anything that pries the big-money donors away from Trump but I hope this is one that won't hurt ordinary folks too much.
Send it to Canada. We have extra shelf space since US booze was removed.
Let's drink to that. Cheers!
The EU should increase the tariff on bourbon to 800%, would be funny.
Letโs do super random goods. Like 1000% on marshmallows or something.
The EU is doing something infinitely better than placing tariffs on random goods, a strategy already used when that orange turd was US president the last time. They are very specifically targeting products of US states that voted for him and his party where the impact on the EU economy is minimal.
No surprise he is foaming at the mouth over that, I guess those in his inner circle who do have more brains than him (Is it true that all orange presidents have to share the single brain cell with all the orange cats, by the way?) did already complain about the bad EU ruining their business.
I didnโt know we do that. Only heard that Canada does it. I'm curious how this will affect groceries. Couldnโt think of much, because Europe is pretty self-sustaining with 95% of goods.
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That's insulting to Garfield. :D
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What a fantastic time to not be American. Actually it's always a fantastic time to not be American.
Putting tariffs on luxury goods that most of us can't afford is probably the least bad thing Trump's done so far.
How low has america fallen when a bottle of wine (an $8 expense) is a "luxury item most of america can't afford"
You cannot afford a bottle of wine?
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Orange Shittler says โitโs time to buy US champagneโ like the fucking sundowning syphilitc he is. There is no such thing as US champagne. Champagne only comes from the Champagne region of France.
In the US, it's either wine pop or wine cola, depending on the region.
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Next up: Trump says "Its easy: just produce your French wine in the US to avoid the tariffs"
"Produce a regional wine which can no longer be named by its region, but has to be called 'sparkling' instead - in the us"
Loooool have fun with your shitty wine. Besides you can't even have your own champagne as it's location trademarked.
Itโs a pretty outdated view that US wine (primarily from California, Oregon, Washington) is of lesser quality of that of Europe. True, the big flagship wines -the first growth Bordeaux and premier cru Burgundy and Champagne, are rarely matched. But a large majority of American wine is on par with most European wine.
Now, of course I do not support tariffs on US imports of wine. But pushing back on the quality comment.
In my experience you get a pretty aweful wine in the US if you don't spend at least $10-15. In France and Italy, you get decent wines for 4-5โฌ and excellent wines for 10-15โฌ. Nobody buys more expensive wines except maybe real connoisseurs.
Turns out the sun and vine do most of the work huh
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It's that delicious California champagne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvxwf1jxdaM
celebrated for its excellence
Or rather: Mwaaaaah thefrenchchampangeiscelebratedforitsexcellence.
โItโs piss, isnโt it?โ
You probably should not be surprised to learn that the US does not entirely recognize the appellation. If the wine was marketed as "Champagne" prior to 2006, they may use the name in the United States.
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Can't make Champagne in the USA, one thing us Europeans won't stand for is calling a food something if it wasn't made in the right region. Brought to by Big Hallomi
I mean, I'm going to guess that if this administration wants to do something, then international laws about place of origin don't matter anymore either.
Excellent then... if USA won't respect intl rules, I would finally be able to open my Spider-man vs Darth Vader themed cafe and pay nothing to Disney for it
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That was my thought exactly, like GI laws are going to apply in Trump's new kingdom
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By new executive order, Champaign will now be known as "Trump's Freedom Juice".
For whatever tariff he adds, we should compensate by a long term ยซย positiveย ยป deal with our Canada ally.
Let's remind everyone that Trump doesn't drink alcohol, doesn't smoke and eats his steak well done covered in ketchup.
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DO IT HAHAHAHAHAHA
i didnt think Trump would be such a bad President for them. his foreign and economic policies are crazy. xD
It's insane to think most of his voters were because they were tired of inflation... So, after inflation was under control they voted for the guy that was straight up telling them he wanted to raise the price of things with tariffs.
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While this is ridiculous, could be worse than putting a tariff on alcohol
Hooray! Looks like I can start to sell my wine cellar for a big profit and make a tiny dent in my 401(k) loss
Pleasedo, maybe this way the wine lobby in france is gonna have a bit less money and we'll get some less pesticides.
Oh no, scary threat. Lmao this kid is stupid.
"You don't want to come to MY party? Then I'm UNINVITING YOU! Twice!"
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