Turkey revokes retaliatory tariffs on U.S. spirits ahead of White House meeting

Three days before his September 25, 2025 meeting at the White House with President Trump, President Erdogan announced that Turkey would revoke its retaliatory tariffs on several U.S. products, including distilled spirits. The notice published in Turkey’s Official Gazette did not specify an effective date, but sources confirmed that the measure takes immediate effect. Ankara had introduced these tariffs in 2018 in response to U.S. Section 232 duties on Turkish steel and aluminum exports to the United States.

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Source: United States Deparment of Agriculture