Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what representations she has made to the US Administration on tariffs on beer exports to the United States.

On 10th July,?my Rt Hon. Friend?the Secretary of State?for International Trade?engaged the US Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer, on how the potential tariffs could affect Britain’s brewers.

HM Government?takes?the negative impact of?US?tariffs very seriously. These tariffs are unnecessary, unhelpful and harm industry on both sides of the Atlantic.

We continue to raise the issue of tariffs with the highest levels of the US administration at every opportunity. Instead of escalating existing tariffs, we need to work together towards a negotiated settlement.