Shares of U.S. spirits distillers slid in late trading amid reports that President Trump is pushing for a 15%–20% baseline tariff on imports from the European Union. Faced with the possibility of reciprocal tariffs on American exports of wine,

EU trade ministers have agreed that U.S. President Donald Trump’s 30% tariffs announced on the European Union are “absolutely unacceptable,” and they are studying a new set of countermeasures to respond to the move.

One of the European Union’s most reliable punching bags is shaped like a bottle of whiskey. The EU this week circulated to member states a list of products it could hit with tariffs if a trade deal is

The EU – the United States' biggest trading partner – had been scheduled to impose "countermeasures" starting Monday at midnight in Brussels

Economists had already downgraded growth for the European Union, and the new duties would hit industries there especially hard. Companies are looking for ways to blunt the impact.

BRUSSELS, July 15 (Reuters) - The 30% tariff on European goods threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump would, if implemented, be a game-changer for Europe, wiping out whole chunks of transatlantic commerce and forcing a rethink of its export-led economic model.

The EU has reverted to offering the US tit-for-tat tariff reductions on cars, with negotiators abandoning the idea of a complex “netting mechanism” first proposed by German carmakers.