In France’s southern wine region, Trump’s tariff threats are already killing business

Grapevines across southern France’s famed wine region have barely begun to bud, but the season has already turned sour for many of Europe’s top producers. “We have one [worker] that left … because we couldn’t pay him anymore,” said Nadine Auray, who with her husband, Pierre Jauffret, and a small staff runs Chà¢teau Terre Forte, outside of Avignon. “So that’s one guy out of a job and we have to find some other markets.” Jauffret says U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats are already a disaster for both French producers and American wine consumers. “I think he will kill the…