Macron Brushes Off Trump’s 100% Tariff Threat on French Wine (1)

French President Emmanuel Macron refused to drop the country’s digital tax after Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on wine, setting the stage for a confrontation when the two leaders meet at the Group of Seven summit in Evian.

“It’s not the US that decides European or French law — that’s normal and it won’t be any different, at least as long as I am around,” Macron said on TF1 television from the G7, starting today and held at a picturesque town in the French Alps.

A bottle French red wine at the Paris International Wine fair.

Photographer: Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg

This is Macron’s second time hosting the G7 summit and it’s his last one ...