At the end of January, the US and the UK signed two agreements covering wine and distilled spirits, to ensure there is no disruption in trade of these products between the two countries when the UK leaves the EU. The USA have currently agreements on wine and distilled spirits with the EU, which apply to the UK as well .
The agreement on trade in wine will ensure market continuity for bilateral wine trade. The agreement on the mutual recognition of certain distilled spirits/spirits drinks will continue to ensure the recognition of the GIs “Scotch whisky”, “Irish whisky”, “Tennessee whisky”, “Bourbon whisky”, and “Bourbon” in bilateral trade.
More information is available @ https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2019/february/ustr-signs-wine-and-distilled
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For more information about bilateral and plurilateral agreements covering GIs see the concerning category in the section Policy and Advocacy
