Doonbeg, Ireland: US President Donald Trump saidat the end of a visit to Ireland on Sunday that he would remove a 10 per cent tariff on Irish whiskey, a duty that currently falls under those imposed on all European Union…

Doonbeg, Ireland: US President Donald Trump saidat the end of a visit to Ireland on Sunday that he would remove a 10 per cent tariff on Irish whiskey, a duty that currently falls under those imposed on all European Union wine and spirit exports to the United States.Trump made the announcement in front of a crowd of Irish golf fans at a tournament held at a course owned by his family. He met Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin in Dublin on Saturday at the start of a 48-hour visit to the country.Trump says US could stay in Iran and keep oil, like Venezuela deal”Taoiseach (Ireland’s Prime Minister) and I talked about it and Shane (golfer Shane Lowry) talked about it and everybody has been bugging me saying ‘would you do me a favor? It’s so unfair what’s going on. Could you possibly take the tariffs off of Irish whiskey?,” Trump said.”And I said on behalf of the United States of America, I am going to take the tariffs off Irish whiskey,” he announced to loud cheers from the crowd.Wine and spirits exports to the U.S. were included in a 15% tariff applied on most items under a EU-U.S. trade deal struck last year.Subsequent new U.S. tariffs on 60 trading partners in July, including the EU, brought the rate down to 10%. The move was part of efforts to rebuild Trump’s near-global tariff wall after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his initial duties.Trump says he will consider request to release more 9/11 recordsThe Irish Whiskey Association (IWA) welcomed the announcement and said it would continue to work with its EU and US counterparts to secure a return to the zero-for-zero tariff arrangement for all drinks exports.”Nothing exemplifies the US-Ireland trade relationship better than Irish Whiskey,” IWA Director Eoin O Caitin said in a statement, adding that the lobby group looked forward to seeing the announcement fully implemented.

Source: Deccan Herald