'Curve Ball': Irish Whiskey Producers Fret Over US Tariffs

Source: International Business Times

Whiskey distillers in Ireland and Northern Ireland are bracing for the impact of US tariffs AFP For Tony Healy, an Irish whiskey producer in Dundalk, near the UK border with Northern Ireland, US tariffs of 20 percent on EU alcoholic drinks were a huge and unexpected "curve ball". "But it's here now, so we have to deal with it," the 62-year-old told AFP on the factory floor where his "Healy's" family-name whiskey brand is made. Aiming to tap into the large Irish-American diaspora, Healy's Dundalk Bay Brewing Company began exporting to the United States five years ago and was "just breaking in".