In October 2019, the U.S. imposed a 25 percent tariff on wine, food and spirits imported from the EU.  This action was taken in accordance with World Trade Organization (WTO) authorization to impose tariffs up to $7.5 billion of EU goods.  The WTO decision followed a 16-year dispute over subsidies for the Airbus Company.

Predictably the EU retaliated with imposition of tariffs on U.S. whiskey.

A bipartisan group of Senators have addressed a letter to the office of the U.S. Trade Advisor requesting a review and rescission of the tariffs.

Tariffs seldom solve trade imbalances and are not a substitute for diplomacy.  Tariffs work both ways and are mutually destructive.