The president’s plans for steeper import taxes remain fluid, but he promises they’ll take hold after temporary delays. Consumers will start to see the impact in store aisles.

President Donald Trump’s newest tariff threat on European alcohol is the latest in a line of proposed levies on goods from abroad as a global trade war widens between the U.S. and its partners. See also: The alcohol trade war has broken out — and is coming for your glass of wine How long is that line?

The US-EU trade dispute has intensified, with US President Donald Trump threatening to impose a 200% tariff on European wine, cognac, and other alcohol imports. This move comes in response to the European Union’s (EU) plan to raise tariffs on American whiskey and other products next month—a retaliatory measure against the US 25% tariffs on steel

Merchants worried that a trade war could wreak financial havoc in a region that has a robust business exporting the world’s finest bubbly to the United States.

Canada's retaliatory tariffs as a permanent policy tool are economically counterproductive and may slow the implementation of climate initiatives.

Even Trump's base supporters are turning slightly more pessimistic. Sentiment fell 3.2% among Republicans. They backed Trump in last year's election on the promise that he would b