Long-threatened tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump have plunged the country into a trade war abroad — all while on-again, off-again new levies continue to escalate uncertainty.

Worsening relations with three of the United States’ biggest trading partners dominated a Senate hearing for the would-be U.S. ambassadors to Canada, Mexico and Japan.

President Trump said he would impose a 200% tariff on U.S. imports of wine, champagnes and other alcoholic beverages from the bloc.

By David Lawder, Philip Blenkinsop and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to slap a 200% tariff on wine, cognac and other alcohol imports from Europe,

The President of the United States—the man with the nuclear codes—is angry and emotional and acting, frankly, erratically. And that is not my judgment. It is basically what his own Cabinet defenders are saying,

European wine, Kentucky bourbon, French Champagne, and other alcoholic beverages could be subject to tariffs if EU and US tariffs materialize.

A 10% drop is a big enough deal that professional investors have a name for it — a “correction” — and the S&P 500’s 1.4% slide on Thursday sent the index to its first si