President Donald Trump tells France it must abandon its digital or technology “sales tax” affecting U.S. tech firms, or the United States will impose 100% tariffs on French wine. Multiple outlets report that Trump issued the warning ahead of this week’s G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, and that he said he “has no choice” if France does not act. The New York Post reports Trump delivered the threat directly to French President Emmanuel Macron, demanding France remove a 3% tax on American tech giants. CNBC and other outlets repeat the same core claim: the tariff threat is contingent on France dropping the digital tax.
One account in the New York Post also cites an unnamed senior source close to the French president claiming the issue was “no longer up for debate” ahead of the G7, but a U.S. official immediately dismisses that characterization as “not accurate.” The reports focus on the linkage between U.S. demands on the digital tax and potential retaliatory tariffs on wine, without detailing implementation timelines beyond the G7 context.
