The European Union is scheduled to drop Bourbon from the list of reprisals against us

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The European Union is likely to drop the list of a revenge tariff against the United States, after the severe pressure from France, Italy and Ireland, which seeks to protect the alcohol industries from the escalating trade war.

“There must be good news” soon for the wine and lives sector and that “the message passed (about) the main economic blow” would lead to this.

European Union Trade Commissioner Marus šefčovič said that the bloc will drop some reprisals against US solid definitions after pressure on member states to protect some of their industries.

Although šefčovič was not mentioned specifically, the element was announced by Brussels when Washington re -imposed a 25 percent tax on steel and aluminum from Europe. This in turn is required US President Donald Trump To threaten a 200 percent tax on European alcohol.

“We are not in the field of dream business,” šefčovič told reporters on Monday, adding that the European Union’s reaction will affect the least of the United States’ initial value of 26 billion euros-which also includes jeans and motorcycles.

The final list of goods was to be sent to European Union governments before being asked to be approved on Wednesday.

Trump has since announced that he will provide 20 percent of additional fees on all European exports.

The Chairman of the Ursula von der Layen said that Brussels has repeatedly offered the United States an agreement to eliminate everyone Definitions On industrial goods, especially cars, adding that Europe was “always ready for good, so we keep it on the table.”

The European Union has prepared a list of reprisals, but von der Layen said that the bloc pref you “the negotiating solution.”

The German Minister of Economy criticized pressure on other member states on behalf of the beverage industries, saying that they should gather behind the committee, which leads to commercial policy.

“The stock markets are already collapsing and the damage may become greater. So it is important to act clearly, decisive, and wisdom, which means realizing that we are in a strong position. America is in a weak position,” said Robert Habik, before the European Union’s ministers met in Luxembourg on Monday.

He added: “If each country is calculated individually, and we have a problem here with red wine and there with whiskey and pistachios, everything will not come to anything.”

But the European drink industry, which is already facing great success for the exports of Trump’s basic tariffs amid the weak global market and trading with China, will be exposed if the change is confirmed.

The wine and lives sector in France is expected to be the most affected by the declared definitions, according to the Society of Exports Wine and Spiritual Drinks in the country. It believes that the drawings will lead to a decrease in 1.6 billion euros in exports from all over the European Union, with half of that in France, which creates a “great impact” on employment and economy.

“This confusion of the tariff creates only the losers, in Europe and the United States. … our American counterparts, whom we have worked for decades, transmits this message to the American authorities,” said Gabriel Picard, President of Fevs.

The Foreign Minister said on Monday that Italian Prime Minister Giojia Meloni plans to travel to Washington “in the next few weeks” as part of the European Union’s efforts to persuade the US administration to promote 20 percent of the customs tariff.

Antonio Tajani said that although Rome was aiming at an agreement “a zero -zero tariff” between the United States and the European Union, as an intermediate step, he hoped that the United States would reduce the so -called mutual tariff for European goods to 10 percent.

The American spirits industry also has Pressure on the White House To exempt lives worldwide from all definitions, noting that 86 percent of American exports went to countries that canceled the definitions of American alcohol products.

“The American Spirit Sector was a model of success in fair and mutual trade for decades,” said Chris Songs, Chairman of the Driving Council, CEO of Chris Songs last week.

In 2018, the European Union imposed a 25 percent revenge tariff on American whiskey, causing exports to the mass by 20 percent, from 552 million dollars to $ 440 million between 2018 and 2021.

Since the suspension of customs duties, American whiskey exports to the European Union increased by nearly 60 percent, from $ 439 million in 2021 to $ 699 million in 2024, according to the Trade Group.

Additional reports by Amy Kazmen in Rome and Alice Hancock in Brussels