CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 8 days agoEU drops bourbon, wine and dairy products from tariffs list against USwww.ft.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up164file-text
arrow-up164external-linkEU drops bourbon, wine and dairy products from tariffs list against USwww.ft.comCAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/27100578 Archive link for those of us still considering retaliatory tariffs.
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 days agoIt is likely that the EU is dropping bourbon taxes because US barrels are very important to wineries and distilleries in the EU. Also, many wine regions in the USA are in liberal states, so this could be the EU trying to target their tarrifs.
minus-squareYesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 days agoAlso American wine tastes like crap so no one is buying it anyway
It is likely that the EU is dropping bourbon taxes because US barrels are very important to wineries and distilleries in the EU.
Also, many wine regions in the USA are in liberal states, so this could be the EU trying to target their tarrifs.
Also American wine tastes like crap so no one is buying it anyway