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'If President Trump follows through on his threat to impose tariffs on steel imports, expect to see an immediate response from the European Union including retaliatory tariffs on, of all things, bourbon.
This may seem an oddly disproportionate choice. Everyone needs steel; bourbon, on the other hand, is just a hipster fad and a good-ole-boy mainstay, right?
In fact, a punitive tariff on bourbon and other American whiskeys would be both a symbolic and a substantive body blow a strike at a unique American product that is enormously popular overseas. Should the tariff dominoes fall, it will be a case study in the shortsightedness of a supposedly America first trade policy that, in the end, hurts Americans the most.
Mr. Trumps intention to pursue better trade deals for the American people is laudable, and done right it could add jobs to some of Americas long-suffering industries. But very few industries are truly domestic, with no interests abroad, and when free trade suffers, they suffer, too. . .
Kentucky and Tennessee face similar financial burdens if trade talks go south and countries target American distilled spirits. Thanks to the $1 billion in spirits that America now exports, over the next six years Kentucky distilleries will invest more than $1 billion in expansions and new facilities.'>>>
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/11/opinion/will-trump-kill-the-bourbon-boom.html?
standingtall
(2,785 posts)which voted overwhelming for Trump. They would get a big slap of reality when Trump fails to bring back coal jobs while at the same time killing another one of the States industries.
elleng
(130,865 posts)lame54
(35,287 posts)Coventina
(27,105 posts)Docreed2003
(16,858 posts)Getting that personal pet peeve out of the way...
It is rather ironic that deep red KY and TN will suffer significantly under these plans from Trump. As much money as Jack Daniel's in TN and the many wealthy bourbon distilleries in KY have, you'd think they'd be lobbying hard against this move!
elleng
(130,865 posts)Docreed2003
(16,858 posts)I fully admit my total bias!!!