Why Big Alcohol needs US tariff relief in five charts

European Union wine and spirits producers could emerge among the few winners of a EU-U.S. trade deal agreed at the weekend that some European officials consider unbalanced.

The high-level agreement, which imposes a 15% baseline duty for most EU goods entering the United States, is set to include tariff exemptions for some agricultural products, still to be hammered out.

Alcoholic beverages could be among those, according to trade and industry officials.

"We are optimistic that in the days ahead this positive meeting and agreement will lead to a return to zero-for-zero tariffs for U.S. and EU spirits products," Distilled Spirits Council President and CEO Chris Swonger said in a statement in response to the U.S.-EU agreement...