Permanent scrapping of Trump's whisky tariffs would be priority of a Labour Government

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A future Labour Government will prioritise the permanent scrapping of Donald Trump’s punitive tariffs on the “crown jewel” Scotch whisky industry.

Lisa Nandy, a senior shadow cabinet member, said a Keir Starmer Government would not “pander” to a US president like the Tories had done.

She also said the importance of the UK was about delivering for every part of the country, rather than just reflecting on the “glory days”.Trump was blasted in 2019 for slapping a 25% tariff on single malt as part of a wider trade dispute.

President Biden’s team suspended the trade barriers for five years, but the prospect of the tariffs remaining after that point cannot be discounted.In an interview Nandy, Labour's shadow secretary of state for levelling up, said she recalled a meeting she and Starmer had with the former Trump administration:“When Keir I met with Mike Pompeo, the former Secretary of State, it was quite a meeting, I can tell you.“Keir and he are, let's just say, yin and yang.