Europe targets Boeing, bourbon and American cars

Here is the Bourbon of Kentucky… withdrawn from a first European list of American products targeted by Donald Trump customs duties retaliatory measures – after the intervention of France and Italy, for fear of reprisals against their champagne and their wines -, American whiskey returns in a new train of potential measures unveiled by Brussels. These American wines and spirits, representing 1.3 billion euros in European imports, are part of a new set, unveiled Thursday, of 95 billion euros of products likely to be taxed in turn, alongside Boeing planes, cars, electronic devices, industrial equipment and agricultural products.

While Donald Trump announced a trade agreement on Thursday with the United Kingdom, and the United States and China are preparing to start commercial negotiations, Brussels is out of his discretion in force since the “break” on customs duties …