President Trump said Thursday he will be removing a 10% tariff he imposed last year on Scottish whiskeys in honor of this week’s visit by King Charles III and Queen Camilla.
“In Honor of the King and Queen of the United Kingdom, who have just left the White House, soon headed back to their wonderful Country, I will be removing the Tariffs and Restrictions on Whiskey having to do with Scotland’s ability to work with the Commonwealth of Kentucky on Whiskey and Bourbon, two very important Industries within Scotland and Kentucky,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“People have wanted to do this for a long time, in that there had been great Inter-Country Trade, especially having to do with the Wooden Barrels used. The King and Queen got me to do something that nobody else was able to do, without hardly even asking! A wonderful Honor to have them both in the U.S.A.”
The Trump administration imposed the sweeping duties in April 2025, causing shipments to the US to drop by 15% between May and December of that year, according to the Scottish Whiskey Association.
