{"id":321967,"date":"2026-01-22T06:40:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T06:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=321967"},"modified":"2026-01-23T07:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T07:30:35","slug":"trump-threatens-200-tariff-on-french-wine-over-macrons-refusal-to-join-board-of-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=321967","title":{"rendered":"Trump threatens 200% tariff on French wine over Macron&#8217;s refusal to join &#8216;Board of Peace&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>France24 \u2013 Jan 20, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>US President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> said \u2060he will impose a 200 percent tariff on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20250314-trump-s-champagne-threat-brings-fear-and-denial-to-french-region\">French wines and Champagnes<\/a>, a move he claimed would push French President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/emmanuel-macron\/\">Emmanuel Macron<\/a> to \u200bjoin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20260119-what-is-trump-s-board-of-peace\">Trump&#8217;s Board of Peace initiative<\/a> aimed at resolving \u200dglobal conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by a reporter about Macron saying he will not join the \u200bboard, Trump said, &#8220;Did he say that? Well, nobody wants him \u200bbecause he will be out of office very soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll put a 200 percent tariff on his wines and Champagnes, and he&#8217;ll join, but he doesn&#8217;t have to join,&#8221; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/france\/\">France<\/a> intends to decline the invitation to join the initiative, at this stage, a source close to Macron \u200dsaid on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump originally proposed establishing the Board of Peace when he announced last \u200bSeptember <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/middle-east\/20250929-key-points-trump-gaza-peace-plan-hamas-israel\">his plan to end the war in Gaza<\/a>. But an invitation sent to world leaders last week outlines a broad role \u200cending conflicts globally.<\/p>\n<p>A draft charter sent to about 60 countries by the US administration calls for \u200dmembers to contribute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/americas\/20260119-trump-charges-1bn-for-permanent-seat-on-gaza-board-of-peace-invites-russia-s-putin\">$1 billion in cash<\/a> if they want their membership to last more than three years, according to the document seen by Reuters.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Trump taps former UK PM Tony Blair for Gaza &#8216;board of peace&#8217;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Governments reacted cautiously on Sunday to Trump&#8217;s invitation, a plan that diplomats said could harm the work of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/united-nations\/\">UN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Trump also \u200dsaid he has invited Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> to be a member \u200cof the \u200bpeace board. &#8220;He&#8217;s been invited,&#8221; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p><em>(FRANCE 24 with Reuters)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/trump-threatens-200-tariff-french-wine-macron-refusal-join-board-of-peace\">Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We understand why Macron wants to avoid Trump\u2019s \u2018Board of Peace\u2019 for Gaza. Especially when other board members include Tony Blair and wanted War Criminal Netanyahu. However, 200 % seems a bit steep. Is Trump trying to start a trade war?   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-321967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Current_Affairs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=321967"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321969,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321967\/revisions\/321969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=321967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=321967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=321967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}