A local whiskey distiller has expressed their concerns if the US President, follows through on his threat to impose a 200 per cent tariff on alcohol exports from the EU.
Donal Trump issued the threat following the imposition of EU taxes on American whiskey.
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The move effectively places massive tariffs on one of Ireland's largest exports.
The US accounted for 40 per cent of all whiskey exports last year.
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Conor McMenamin, Founding Partner of Crolly Distillery in Donegal, says the tariffs have the potential to be damaging for Irish distillers:
