Trump Admin Adds All Beer To 25% Aluminum Tariffs

Politico Europe reports:

Donald Trump may not drink beer, but this week he messed up a lot of people’s pints. Beer was quietly added Wednesday to a list of aluminum-linked products now subject to a 25 percent U.S. import duty.

The move, buried in a bureaucratic annex and part of a broader trade war unleashed by the Trump administration, has left European brewers fizzing with confusion — and drinkers foaming with rage.

The uncertainty goes beyond cans. The customs code used — “beer made from malt” — appears to cover all beer, no matter how it’s packaged: cans, bottles or kegs. That’s been especially frustrating for brewers, given that most other European food and drink exports were hit with a lower 20 percent tariff — making beer one of the hardest-hit agri-food categories.

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Beer is more expensive.
Wine is more expensive.
Cars are more expensive.
Household goods are more expensive.

These fucking muppet-goon-meathead-toolbox-dumbasses are the worst at everything.https://t.co/qBl0s22VnH

— JBR (@jbradleyrushing) April 4, 2025