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PM urged to appeal to Trump to drop whisky tariffs

MPs have called on Boris Johnson to appeal directly to Donald Trump to stop the United States imposing large tariffs on Scotch whisky.

The taxes on whisky - and an array of other products - are the result of a longstanding trade dispute between the US and the European Union.

Kristiina Cooper reports.

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