EU set to push US trade officials to ease whiskey tariffs 

Ministers will urge top US trade officials to apply more of the July EU-US trade deal

US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick. Mr Lutnick and US trade representative Jamieson Greer will meet EU ministers responsible for trade on their first trips to Brussels since taking office. Picture:AP Photo/Evan Vucci

European Union ministers are set to urge top US trade officials today to apply more of the July EU-US trade deal, such as by cutting tariffs on EU steel and removing them for EU goods such as whiskey, wine, and other spirits.

US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick and US trade representative Jamieson Greer will meet EU ministers responsible for trade on their first trips to Brussels since taking office.