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‘They’re on. They’re off. We can’t plan’ – bourbon makers dazed by Trump tariffs

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Brough Brothers Distillery CEO Victor Yarbrough says he would take the certainty of tariffs over the current racket emanating from the White House .

Trump administration is conducting a sweeping overhaul of the US economy, using tariffs levies on foreign goods, paid for by importers in an effort to reset the country’s trade ties with the world.

The reality has proven more complex, and confusing, than the bold rhetoric.

Distilled Spirits Council: Tariffs back and forth would be catastrophic for the industry.

Lobbyists insist the spirits sector is a model of the “fair and reciprocal” approach on trade that Trump claims to be seeking.

US and EU eliminated tariffs on most spirits in 1997 , bilateral trade grew by 450% .