François Bairou today estimated that “the negotiation has not yet failed” in terms of Trump’s threat to impose 200% of European alcoholic duties ever, suggesting that the Brussels decision to impose “duties” in the US.

The EU has announced on Wednesday duties on many US products, such as in Bourbon, motorcycles and boats, in retaliation for 25% of European steel and aluminum duties. Immediately, US President Donald Trump said he was ready to increase 200% of European alcoholic beverages if Brussels did not give up the idea of ​​taxing Burbon by 50%. “Did they become blinds? Probably yes, because we faced Kentucky’s Berbon as if it were a commercial threat, because we were uploading a very old list, without reading it again, as it should. This was done at the European Commission level, “the French prime minister said, speaking to France Inter.

“We have 15 days ahead of us to try to find a solution” with the US “and we have been working for weeks to find a solution with China, which imposed duties” last October in the European brandy. French brandy accounts for 95% of brandy exports to China, he explained.

Bairou said he wants to try to solve the problem as soon as possible as he believes that “the negotiation has not yet failed”. He recalled that, despite Trump’s posts on social media websites, “there is still no decision”.

The French prime minister also argued that “what the US president is doing is a complete destabilization, even for his people” because the duties imposed on the products of other countries “introduce inflation” in the US and “prices are increasing”.