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Friday Read: Wine in the crosshairs of geopolitics, again

Published: 23 January, 2026

In the wake of Trump’s latest threat to impose 200% tariffs on French wine, Jens-Peter Barynin, chief economist at VIVI Economics, assesses the ongoing cost of such uncertainty.

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