US Wine Sellers Left In Limbo Despite EU Tariff Deal

Michael Warner, co-founder of wine boutique DCanter, said importers and distributors have raised costs of foreign wines since June (Credit: AFP)

At a wine shop in Washington's Capitol Hill neighborhood, bottles sourced from Europe are becoming costlier to import -- and soon, pricier for customers to buy, the owner says -- thanks to a resident just down the road in the White House.

President Donald Trump has slapped a 15-percent tariff on many goods coming from the European Union, as part of a deal the bloc negotiated to avoid even steeper levies.