PM urged to confront Trump over US tariffs on scotch whisky

MPs say thousands of jobs, many in rural Scotland, could be at risk from planned 25% tax

MPs are calling on Boris Johnson to intervene directly with Donald Trump to prevent the US imposing punitive tariffs of 25% on imported scotch whisky later this month.

The US announced last week that scotch would be among a range of European goods subject to hefty import taxes from 18 October, as it hits back against the EU in the long-running trade dispute over subsidies for Airbus.