Kentucky bourbon has been included as if it were a trade threat,” François Bayrou said in an interview with France Inter.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to impose a 200% tariff on all wines and other alcoholic products from the EU if the bloc does not scrap its planned tax on U.S. bourbon. "Have some missteps been made?

The European Union was probably mistaken in targeting American whiskey in its riposte to U.S. tariffs, French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said on Sunday, calling for talks to avoid more damaging duties on France's cognac industry.

President Trump’s threat of a 200% tariff on European wine collides with Champagne makers’ resistance to uproot from France.

The United States is the biggest export market for champagne, made exclusively in its home region in eastern France.