President Donald Trump lifted the spirits of the whiskey industry after confirming he would remove tariffs and restrictions to bolster Scotland–Kentucky relations.
Last year, the president imposed a 10 percent baseline tariff on most British goods, including Scottish whiskey imports.
Both sides of the Atlantic have been heavily affected, with shipments declining by double digits.
In honor of this week’s visit by the UK’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla, the president said in an April 30 Truth Social post that tariffs and restrictions on whiskey will be eliminated.
“People have wanted to do this for a long time, in that there had been great Inter-Country Trade, especially having to do with the Wooden Barrels used,” Trump said….