Trump says he’s lifting certain tariffs on Scotch whisky after royal visit
I’ll red. The King and Queen arrived in the United States at *** particularly bad time for UK US relations. er but the president has *** fondness of King Charles and they obviously have *** very close relationship, and you, you saw that on display at the White House as the First Lady and the President er welcomed the King and Queen to the United States. The big formal welcome will be Tuesday, but this was day one. And the King and Queen moved on from the White House here to the UK embassy and *** garden party, typically British, in the UK ambassador’s garden. There were salmon sandwiches on. Available, there were cups of tea. It was *** typically British event, and the first group that the couple met were *** group of bipartisan American politicians. You have the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, Nancy Pelosi from the Democrats, Scott Besson from the cabinet. And then they moved through and met high profile names in sport and in show business and high profile business figures. This is all about showing that there are deep ties, deep cultural business intelligence ties, security ties between these two countries, and that was *** visual expression of that, and the couple clearly. That experience and *** lot of people invited really enjoyed it as well. The Queen making particular time for *** group of charities that represent survivors of domestic violence. This is *** cause close to our heart and when one of those charity heads was asked what they thought about the fact that the king won’t be addressing the See scandal in any way. They actually said they respect that, but certainly part of the optics there was that the king can’t speak to *** live investigation, but the king and queen can show the survivors always come first in all types of violence. The big moment really of this four day visit will be on Tuesday. And the King’s address to the joint chambers of Congress, and I understand that the King will start off that speech er talking about Saturday night and the attack on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. And how the king being here is showing that these are two nations shoulder to shoulder, something that has been reflected throughout history since the War of Independence. He will talk about what he thinks has come out of that deep relationship, so working together in World War 2 and the post-war institutions that came out of that, and the king will point to the United Nations and NATO as key achievements of that relationship. Some in the administration may not see the positives of that er post war era, but it’s certainly something the King is going to lean in hard on and how this is an address to the people of America, and the peoples of America coming together with the peoples of the United Kingdom, and actually this visit er transcends actually anyone that’s *** current occupant of the White House, and this is about uniting joint histories, really. Max Foster, CNN Washington DC.
Trump says he’s lifting certain tariffs on Scotch whisky after royal visit
President Donald Trump said Thursday he is removing certain tariffs on Scotch whisky after this week’s White House visit by King Charles III and Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom.“The King and Queen got me to do something that nobody else was able to do, without hardly even asking!” Trump posted on social media.Trump said people had wanted this change, especially with regard to the wooden barrels in which the spirits of Scotch and bourbon can be aged.Trump has used alcohol as a pressure point in his tariff threats. Last year, he threatened a 200% tariff on European wine — a major potential blow to French and Italian vineyards that never came to fruition.Foreign countries have responded in turn with threats on bourbon and other American products.In the end, the Trump administration exempted cork from tariffs, a huge relief to Portugal, the leading supplier of the material used to cap wine bottles.
President Donald Trump said Thursday he is removing certain tariffs on Scotch whisky after this week’s White House visit by King Charles III and Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom.
“The King and Queen got me to do something that nobody else was able to do, without hardly even asking!” Trump posted on social media.
Trump said people had wanted this change, especially with regard to the wooden barrels in which the spirits of Scotch and bourbon can be aged.
Trump has used alcohol as a pressure point in his tariff threats. Last year, he threatened a 200% tariff on European wine — a major potential blow to French and Italian vineyards that never came to fruition.
Foreign countries have responded in turn with threats on bourbon and other American products.
In the end, the Trump administration exempted cork from tariffs, a huge relief to Portugal, the leading supplier of the material used to cap wine bottles.
