Negotiations between London and Washington started as the UK left the European Union, entering a transition period to conclude trade deals, but the talks were soon interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.
British Trade Secretary Elizabeth Truss on Thursday stated that she will step up talks with the United States in order to remove tariffs on single malt Scotch whisky as soon as possible, adding they are “damaging industry and livelihoods on both sides of the Atlantic”, noting they are in nobody’s interests.
The whisky, imported to America in large quantities, was caught in the crossfire and slapped with a 25-percent tariff as a result of a trade dispute between the US and Brussels.
Washington put the levy on multiple European products after getting permission from the World Trade Organisation to take $7.5 billion in retaliatory trade measures for Airbus subsidies.
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