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Donald Trump on Monday, January 19 threatened 200% tariffs on French wine and champagne over France’s intentions to decline the US leader’s invitation to join his “board of peace.” The board was originally conceived to oversee the rebuilding of war-torn Gaza, but the charter does not appear to limit its role to the occupied Palestinian territory.

“I’ll put a 200% tariff on his wines and champagnes. And he’ll join. But he doesn’t have to join,” Trump said, referring to French President Emmanuel Macron. A source close to Macron told AFP on Monday that France “does not intend to answer favorably” to the invitation.

The board’s charter “goes beyond the sole framework of Gaza,” the source close to the French president said.

  • criticon@lemmy.ca
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    7 days ago

    Oh it can be called a duck, but not a “Mallard”, “wood duck” or something specific like that unless it is from that species

    All tequilas are agave distillates, but not all agave distillates are tequilas.

    Tequila is an agave distillate, but unless it is from the specific region using an specific type of agave it can’t be called tequila

    • ramble81@lemmy.zip
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      7 days ago

      I’m thinking more of you’re using the exact same berry, use the same exact processs, but you just happened to be less than 60 miles north in Belgium, an imaginary line says you can’t call it Champaign. It’s just weird.