Tommy Tainant
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- Jan 20, 2016
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Scotch whisky tariffs from US makes Brexit Britain a powerless poodle
It’s traditional in business and diplomacy for negotiators to bring their opposite numbers a token gift.
www.standard.co.uk
The US slapped a 25% levy on Scotch last October. Since then, exports of the liquor from Diageo and smaller producers have slumped by nearly a third.
It is costing British jobs, tax revenues and profits. Not to mention pricing millions of innocent Americans out of one of life’s greatest pleasures.
The Americans did this in retaliation for a battle we’re not even part of — its never-ending trade spat with the EU.
More of the brexit dividend. Illustrating how we are at the mercy of populist dickheads like trump. Worse to come I think.