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DISCUS Report Asks USTR to Accelerate Effort to Resolve Trade Issues with EU

Like Cinderella's and her carriage, which was to disappear at midnight, so to will the record exports the U.S distilled spirits industry has achieved this year. But just like Cinderella, there's a way to keep the export machine humming, according to the Distilled Spirits Council

Australia Has 859 Olympic Swimming Pools of Wine in Storage: Rabobank

That's more than 2 billion lieters of wine or more than 2.8 billion bottles. Improving trade relations between the two countries and the recent removal of Chinese tariffs on Australian barley has led to optimism that five-year tariffs placed on Australian wine in March 2021 may

Trade Groups Urge Biden Aides to Reach Accord to End Retaliatory Tariffs on American Whiskey

The Toasts Not Tariffs Coalition sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo urging the Biden administration to secure an agreement with the EU that avoids the return of retaliatory tariffs on American Whiskeys. The letter was sent in

Biden Aides Urged to Get a Pact with EU to Avoid Retaliatory Tariffs

The Toasts Not Tariffs Coalition sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo urging the Biden administration to secure an agreement with the EU that avoids the return of retaliatory tariffs on American Whiskeys. The letter was sent in

Bolivia Recognizes Bourbon, Tennessee Whiskey As “Distinctive Products” of the U.S.

Bolivia recently became the 45th country to officially recognize “Bourbon” and “Tennessee Whiskey” as distinctive products of the United States, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. The move follows adoption of a final rule by the Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau that amends the

U.S. Wine Exports Up a Bit; California's Global Sales On the Rise

With total U.S. wine exports in 2022 reaching $1.43 billion, a slight increase of 0.4% from the previous year, Wine Institute reports that despite a challenging market environment coupled with a strong dollar, California wines showed impressive growth in several key markets. Japan, South Korea and Mexico

Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Worked, Trade Panel Says

Tariffs imposed under section 232 on imports of steel and aluminum worked, reducing imports and increasing U.S. production and prices, the U.S. International Trade Commission reports. The report finds that on average from 2018 to 2021: U.S. importers bore nearly the full cost of these tariffs because