According to the British Reuters agency reported on the 17th, in an op-ed article published in the "Daily Telegraph" on Sunday, British Trade Secretary Liz Tras promised to fight the US government over the US tariffs on Scotch whisky, which she called "unacceptable and unfair".
Accusing the EU of failing to protect British and Scottish interests, the TRADE Secretary wrote: "I will try to throw these unfair tariff measures into the dustbin of history."
The U.S. government said last week it would maintain a 15 percent tariff on Airbus aircraft and a 25 percent tariff on other European goods as part of a protracted trade dispute, though it did not add additional tariffs as it had previously threatened.
The U.K. has said it will ask the U.S. to lower tariffs on goods such as single malt Scotch whisky after warning that the U.S. government's decision to maintain the levy would jeopardize the future of the British industry.
"The U.S. imposition of tariffs on Scotch whisky is unacceptable and unfair. I couldn't have been clearer about that. Britain's Trade Secretary, Mr. Truss, wrote. Brewing whisky is one of our largest industries and a jewel in the crown of our country. ”
In the coming weeks, as the fourth round of talks begins in the United States, she will meet with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to address existing tariffs on Scotch whisky and many other products, Teras said.
The UK Trade Secretary also said: "On the issue of Japan, we have reached a consensus on the main elements of an agreement that will go beyond the agreement between the EU and Japan." She reiterated earlier reports that both countries were seeking a trade deal by the end of August.
Britain, which left the EU in January, is seeking a trade deal with Japan by the end of the year based on the 2019 EU-Japan deal, when the Brexit transition arrangement between the UK and the EU expires.
"I firmly believe that free and fair trade is still the best way forward for the world and for Britain," Tras said. She added that negotiations on a new free trade agreement with the United States, Japan, Australia and New Zealand are going well.
(Editor: ZLQ)