Brown-Forman Corp. CEO Lawson Whiting praised the weekend agreement on steel and aluminum tariffs in which the U.S. and EU agreed to end tariffs on American whiskey and some other products as part of an accord in which the U..S. agreed no tariffs would apply on the EU a limited amount of steel and aluminum produced entirely inside the EU and shipped to the United States.
The agreement provides was praised by the United Steelworkers Union because it protected U.S. jobs.
“This agreement delivers on the Administration’s promise to rebuild the Transatlantic alliance by removing tariffs on American whiskey and other U.S. exports, which have been in place now for more than three years,” Lawson said, adding:
“Brown-Forman looks forward to the return of a level playing field on January 1, 2022, and continued international growth for American Whiskey. We hope a similar outcome can soon be achieved between the U.S. and the UK.”