Distilled Spirits Council CEO warns European whiskey tariff could be 'very, very devastating'
Source: The Hill
03/12/25 7:54 PM ET
The CEO of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States on Wednesday warned that a European whiskey tariff would be “very, very devastating.” “We’ve just gotten the news early, early this morning, that the [European Union (EU)] is poised to put a 50 percent tariff on American whiskey. That will be very, very devastating,” Chris Swonger told NewsNation’s Nichole Berlie.
The U.S. has recently been embroiled in trade battles with multiple countries across the globe, including Canada, Mexico and countries in Europe. In response to 25 percent tariffs from President Trump that took effect Wednesday, the EU swiftly shot back with a two-step approach.
In Swonger’s NewsNation interview, he said, “Our industry appreciates and understands that the president is trying to bring more American manufacturing here in the United States and reduce the trade deficit.”
The European trading bloc, featuring 27 nations, will allow the suspension of existing 2018 and 2020 countermeasures aimed at the U.S. to end in early April. The commission has also put forth a new package of countermeasures on goods bound from the U.S. set to go into effect later in the month, including some $28 billion in imports in total.
Read more: https://thehill.com/business/5192079-distilled-spirits-council-ceo-european-whiskey-tariff/
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Why would any European want to buy US products after this clown circus? He's destroyed what was left of our reputation. Nothing we can do about that while that fat pig is still in the WH. 
