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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Lucinda Cameron

Swinney ‘waiting with expectation’ for UK ministers to secure whisky tariff deal

Scotland’s First Minister has said he is “waiting with expectation” for the UK Government to secure a deal to ensure Scotch whisky is exempt from US tariffs.

John Swinney has pushed for a deal which would cut the 10% levies on whisky entering America, and has met with US President Donald Trump four times this year.

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