President Donald Trump's 30% tariffs on European Union goods could drive up costs across the world's alcohol trade. The EU is eyeing retaliatory measures.

While Mexico was spared from Trump's so-called "Liberation Day" tariff rollout on April 2, the 30% rate for the E.U. is 10 percentage points higher than what the president said he would apply to America's largest trading partner in April but lower than his mid-May threat of 50%.

"Other trading partners observing these threats will have the same mistrust of the negotiation process," experts argue.

President Donald Trump announced surprise 30 percent tariffs on European Union imports, from wine and cheese to shoes and pharmaceuticals.

President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened duties of 30% on products from Mexico and the European Union, two of America’s biggest trading partners, in an ongoing tariff campaign that’s upended global trade since he retook office in January.

President Donald Trump has posted two new letters on his social media platform announcing tariffs on the European Union and Mexico.

S&P 500 futures lost 0.5%, while Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 0.6%. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 204 points, or 0.5%.

The EU – the United States' biggest trading partner – had been scheduled to impose "countermeasures" starting Monday at midnight in Brussels