{"id":263382,"date":"2025-03-21T02:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T02:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/europe-delays-tariffs-on-u-s-whiskey-to-make-time-to-negotiate\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T02:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T02:19:07","slug":"europe-delays-tariffs-on-u-s-whiskey-to-make-time-to-negotiate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/europe-delays-tariffs-on-u-s-whiskey-to-make-time-to-negotiate\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe Delays Tariffs on U.S. Whiskey to Make Time to Negotiate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Officials from the European Union said on Thursday that they would delay their retaliation against President Trump\u2019s steel and aluminum tariffs \u2014 including 50 percent levies on American whiskey and other goods \u2014 until the middle of next month.<\/p>\n

The move is meant to give officials time to refine the list of products that will be hit while also allowing more time to strike a deal with the United States, said Olof Gill, a spokesman. The first wave of E.U. tariffs was originally set to kick in on March 31, with a second wave coming a few weeks later.<\/p>\n

The postponement could allow officials to reconsider whether they want to impose such big tariffs on sensitive products like bourbon. And it comes as Europe tries to prevent its trading relationship with the United States \u2014 arguably the globe\u2019s most important<\/a> \u2014 from devolving into a tit-for-tat trade war that costs consumers and companies on both sides of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe E.U. and the U.S. enjoy the largest bilateral trade and investment relationship in the world,\u201d Maros Sefcovic, the bloc\u2019s trade commissioner, said during a speech<\/a> in Brussels on Thursday. \u201cIt should be a priority for both sides to protect and further develop this relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n