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Spirits industry celebrates a win for whiskey in tariff wars

DISCUS CEO Chris Swonger (left) presents First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon with a small gift of rye whiskey from George Washington's Distillery. The April 6 meeting in Edinburgh celebrated the end of tariffs on American whiskey in the United Kingdom.Lifting of tariffs after four years expected to give a boost to American distillers; DISCUS CEO worked with U.K. counterpartsThe American whiskey industry will raise a toast to the United Kingdom's removal of a 25% tariff on June 1. The U.K. is the third-largest export market for American whiskeys after the European Union and Japan, and announced the repeal March 22.The duty's demise represents a major milestone for an… Read More