Trump threat to tax French wine completely moronic, minister says
Media playback is unsupported on your deviceDonald Trump, who is teetotal, explained his preference for US wine over French last week
The French agriculture minister has called US President Donald Trump's threat to tax French wine"completely moronic" and"absurd".He also stated that the US makes better wine than the French."It's absurd, in terms of having a political and economic debate, to say that if you tax the 'GAFAs', I'll tax wine. It's completely moronic," Mr Guillaume told BFM TV, in reference to Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple.
"This is the third time the US president has threatened a tax, the third time in a year. We'll see if he goes through with it," he said.
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