By Reuters Staff
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Some 50 members of Congress on Monday urged U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to seek removal of 25% tariffs on American Whiskey imposed by the European Union and Britain in retaliation for U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum.
FILE PHOTO: Katherine Tai, who at the time was U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to be U.S. trade representative, speaks after Biden announced her nomination during a fresh round of nominations and appointments at a news conference at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 11, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar
The bipartisan group of House of Representatives members, led by Democrat John Yarmuth and Republican Andy Barr, both of Kentucky, warned that these tariffs, first imposed in June 2018 and scheduled to double to 50% on June 1, are damaging an American export success story.