Trump Vows to Scrap 15% Irish Whiskey Tariff
Trump Vows to Scrap 15% Irish Whiskey Tariff
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President Donald Trump said Sunday he plans to remove the 15% U.S. tariff on Irish whiskey, announcing the move as he attended a golf tournament at his family's course in western Ireland.
Trump made the announcement at the close of the tournament, according to Bloomberg, Reuters, the Associated Press and The Washington Times.
He did not lay out a timeline or a mechanism for lifting the tariff, and no executive order or formal trade agreement has been announced to carry it out.
Timeline
Trump attends a golf tournament at his family's course in western Ireland.
At the close of the tournament, Trump says he plans to remove the 15% U.S. tariff on Irish whiskey. Bloomberg, Reuters, the AP and The Washington Times all report the remarks within minutes of each other.
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The reporting so far is the announcement itself. Bloomberg, which broke the story, framed it as Trump saying he "would remove US tariffs on Irish whiskey." Reuters reported it as Trump saying he is lifting the tariffs.
Neither the Irish government nor the European Commission had responded in the initial reports, and no U.S. agency had issued a statement putting the change on paper.
What's Next
The open question is paperwork. Tariff lines are changed by formal action, and as of Sunday no executive order, proclamation or trade agreement implementing the rollback had been announced.
Also unresolved: whether the carve-out stops at Irish whiskey or extends to other Irish or EU goods, and whether Ireland or the EU gave anything in return.
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What Is Actually On the Table
The tariff at issue is a 15% U.S. duty on Irish whiskey, according to the AP and The Washington Times. Irish whiskey is one of Ireland's signature export goods to the American market, so a rollback would land directly on Irish distillers and the U.S. importers who buy from them.
The announcement came on Trump's Ireland trip, the same visit that has already drawn political friction in Britain and Ireland over his comments on a united Ireland.
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