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FDA Imposes $14,060 Fee for Producing Hand Sanitizer, USTR Slaps Tariffs on French Brandy

In what the Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S. described as a “shocking turn of events,” the Food & Drug Administration announced it was imposing a $14,000 fee on distilleries and other facilities that produced hand sanitizer during the Covid pandemic. The … Continue reading

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Meet Biden’s Pick for U.S. Trade Representative

The fate of tariffs on alcoholic beverages will be largely in the hands of Katherine Tai if, as expected, President-elect Joe Biden nominates her as U.S. Trade Representative. She’s the chief trade counsel for Democrats on the House Ways & … Continue reading

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EU Gets WTO OK to Impose $3.99 Billion in Tariffs on Spirits, Wine, Boeing Jets

Distilled spirits, wine and Boeing jets are among the products on which the European Union can impose tariffs totaling $3.99 billion, the World Trade Organization said.  The announcement follows another WTO decision authorizing the U.S. to impose $7.5 billion on … Continue reading

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USTR, EU Urged to Roll Back Tariffs on Spirits and Wine

Seventeen trade associations representing the U.S. and European beverage alcohol sectors called on the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the European Commission “to remove the current tariffs on spirits and wine from the EU and UK, and American Whiskeys, … Continue reading

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