Trump Takes Issue With French Wine as U.S. Tops Importers' List

(Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump won’t drink to that: The U.S. is the biggest client for European Union wine producers, absorbing almost a third of the bloc’s exports last year. By contrast, the U.S. accounts for only 16 percent of EU’s wine imports, well behind Chile and also trailing Australia, Eurostat said on Monday.

France is by far the top exporter of wine and the U.S. President doesn’t appreciate it:

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