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Tag: Trade Secretary

  • Monday, August 17th 2020 - 08:14 UTC

    UK Trade Secretary pledges to fight US tariffs on Scotch whisky

    The U.S. government said it would maintain 15% tariffs on Airbus aircraft and 25% tariffs on other European goods as part of a long-running trade dispute

    British Trade Secretary Liz Truss pledged to fight U.S tariffs on Scotch whiskey, calling them “unacceptable and unfair” in an op-ed in the Telegraph on Sunday. “I will fight to consign these unfair tariffs to the bin of history”, she wrote while accusing the European Union of failing to protect British and Scottish interests.