The Trump Administration brought joy to U.S. distillers when it lifted import taxes on Canadian and Mexican steel and aluminum and delayed auto tariffs. Canada and Mexico agreed to end their retaliatory tariffs on U.S. whiskey, among other products.
“We hope the U.S. and our trading partners can build on this positive momentum to resolve all of the remaining retaliatory tariffs that our U.S. distilled spirits exports face, particularly the European Union’s 25% tariff on American whiskey,” Chris Swonger, president/CEO of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States.
In response to the U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs, since July 1, 2018 Canada imposed a retaliatory tariff of 10 percent on all U.S. whiskey imports and Mexico imposed a retaliatory tariff of 25 percent on U.S. whiskeys since June 5, 2018.