Trump Finds France Guilty In Digital Tax Probe, Plans Tariffs On $2.4 Billion Of Wine, Makeup, ‘Reptile Leather’

Believe it or not (and this is the Trump administration, so we're pretty sure you'll believe it), the US on Monday evening proposed slapping tariffs on some $2.4 billion in French goods in order to punish the country for a tech tax that drew the White House's ire earlier this year. Emmanuel Macron thought he had averted tariffs on French wine and other goods after the G-7 in Biarritz, but subsequent reports indicated the US was still pursuing a 301 probe into the digital services tax, which aff

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3 thoughts on “Trump Finds France Guilty In Digital Tax Probe, Plans Tariffs On $2.4 Billion Of Wine, Makeup, ‘Reptile Leather’”

All part of Putin’s plan to breakup the EU and Trump, as puppet, is only too happy to help.

And really, since Trump doesn’t anything about 301 investigations, tax policy, anything technical, who is behind all his tariff ideas? Who’s doing the research on the mundane aspects of trade and tax policy and pushing him to these actions?
There is more than one puppet in this administration

gdhalpha

December 3, 2019 at 9:37 ams Reply

And why doesn’t Trump believe that these tariffs are taxes on US consumers and businesses who are attempting to absorb the tariffs without raising prices to consumers?
Do the under-educated Trump supporters still believe these countries are cutting big checks to the US Govt?

It seems that Trump thinks it is his sole domain to show disrespect to people. Maybe he could rethink the disrespect he showed to the people who helped us defeat daesh (Isis)