EU drops plans to hit American bourbon with retaliatory tariffs

EU drops plans to hit American bourbon with retaliatory tariffs

Drink removed from draft list after lobbying from whiskey-making Ireland and wine-producing Italy and FranceUS politics live – latest updatesAmid the economic maelstrom of Donald Trump’s trade war, drink makers might take a small drop of comfort: the EU has dropped plans to hit American bourbon with retaliatory tariffs.Bourbon and other US whiskeys have escaped EU countermeasures after heavy lobbying from the EU’s drinks-producing countries – su…

Bourbon whiskey and dairy to be removed from EU counter-retaliatory tariffs

US bourbon, wine and dairy - previously included in draft proposals - have been dropped after concerns were raised