Trump announces plan to drop 10% tariff on Irish whiskey imports
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U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he plans to remove a 10% tariff on Irish whiskey, the Associated Press reported on September 14.
Trump made the announcement during the Irish Open golf tournament, saying that he had been asked about the issue “by everyone,” including Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin and even some of the golfers.
“Everybody’s been bugging me to do it,” the president explained. “And I said, ‘On behalf of the United States of America, I am going to take the tariffs off of Irish whiskey.’”
Irish whiskey currently faces the standard tariff imposed by Trump on most imports from the European Union, which was reduced from 15% to 10% in July.
Trump announced in April that he was lifting certain tariffs on UK whiskey, which includes Scotch and spirits made in Northern Ireland, creating an imbalance with Ireland.
During a visit to Dublin on September 12, Trump stated that he would “love” to see a unified Ireland. He told reporters that the reunification of the Irish Republic and British-run Northern Ireland is “going to happen eventually.”
“I don't want to cause any problems, but I will tell you, I'd love to see it unified,” Trump told reporters during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin. “The way I look at it, it's going to happen eventually… I think it would be a fantastic thing.”
The U.S. president added that the UK “will have something to say about it” and that the reunification of the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland “would be a great thing.”
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