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date	14/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Whisky: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to support Scotland’s small single malt whisky distillers in the event of the imposition of US tariffs.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>We are clear that the best outcome to this dispute is to seek a negotiated settlement in partnership with the EU and the US that would prevent these tariffs coming into force. This has been raised by the Prime Minister in a call with President Trump and by my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade with US Trade Representative Lighthizer. I have also personally had a call with US Ambassador Johnson on this issue. We will continue to work closely with the EU and the US on a settlement and to seek confirmation from the WTO of our compliance and that the UK and the EU should therefore not be subject to tariffs.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns grouped question UIN 201 202 question first answered 22/10/2019 16:18:02 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1148872

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Whisky: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the Government’s strategy is on ensuring that a 25 per cent tariff on Scotch whisky entering the USA does not take effect on 18 October 2019.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>We are clear that the best outcome to this dispute is to seek a negotiated settlement in partnership with the EU and the US that would prevent these tariffs coming into force. This has been raised by the Prime Minister in a call with President Trump and by my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade with US Trade Representative Lighthizer. I have also personally had a call with US Ambassador Johnson on this issue. We will continue to work closely with the EU and the US on a settlement and to seek confirmation from the WTO of our compliance and that the UK and the EU should therefore not be subject to tariffs.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns grouped question UIN 200 201 question first answered 22/10/2019 16:18:02 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara