Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) applauded President Trump’s danger to place a 200 % tariff on wine, Champagne and different alcohol imported from the Ecu Union (EU) if the bloc does now not take away a tariff on U.S. whiskey.
“I think the president’s right over the target. People in Ohio love Donald Trump, and his message is perfectly crafted for our state,” Davidson stated right through a Thursday look on NewsNation’s “The Hill.”
“You know, I was in manufacturing before I was in Congress, and we don’t have a level playing field in manufacturing, and not just with China, with lots of other countries too. Donald Trump is taking that on and saying, ‘if you want to tariff us, we’re going to tariff you,’” he endured.
Davidson’s house state produces greater than 1,000,000 gallons of wine a yr, and may just make the most of the price lists.
“While America might import more French wine than France imports American wine, or certainly more than import Ohio wine, they import a lot of bourbon, and they import a lot of other things from the United States,” the Ohio lawmaker stated of Trump’s plans.
“So I think the message is clear, come negotiate with us, treat us fairly, and then help us deal with China,” he added.
Trump’s business struggle with Europe escalated Wednesday when his 25 % price lists on metal and aluminum took impact. In reaction, the EU retaliated with a two-step means, permitting the suspension of the present 2018 and 2020 countermeasures in opposition to the U.S. to run out April 1 and proposing a brand new package deal of countermeasures on items coming from the U.S. that can pass into impact in mid-April, overlaying some $28 billion in imports in overall.
Trump additionally added an extra 10 % on imports from China this month which the rustic’s leaders retaliated in opposition to via 15 % price lists on imports of rooster, wheat, corn and cotton from the U.S., in addition to 10 % price lists on imports of sorghum, soybeans, red meat, pork, seafoods, culmination greens and dairy merchandise.
China’s Trade Ministry spokesperson has described Trump’s movements as “blackmail” and has stated it will document a prison case in opposition to america on the Global Business Group (WTO).
Canada has filed two court cases with the WTO, the most recent one was once submitted on Thursday which incorporated allegations that the U.S. violated its tasks beneath the Basic Settlement on Price lists and Business (GATT) 1994.
