So Scotch whisky tariffs have gone: Yay! OK, so why do we have duty on alcohol? How is a tariff bad and a duty good? Effective duty rates can be almost 400% of the product value for cheaper whiskies. "It's not bad when we do it"
-
-
Als antwoord op @JonMarcStanley
Well one applies to all domestic sales, so doesn't discriminate on the basis of national origin of the producer. The other is a charge on cross-border sales so only applies to out-of-jurisdiction producers.
1 antwoord 0 retweets 0 vind-ik-leuks -
Als antwoord op @IsaaaaaacAlrig1
So why is one bad and the other not? Why is a tariff bad and a duty good?
1 antwoord 0 retweets 0 vind-ik-leuks -
Als antwoord op @JonMarcStanley
Well from a Scottish perspective, duty does not create an unfair playing field, because it is imposed equally on Scottish malts as it is on US or Japanese ones. Tariffs make Scottish malts uncompetitive in the US (a principal market) against US or Japanese whiskeys as the tariffs
2 antwoorden 0 retweets 0 vind-ik-leuks -
Als antwoord op @IsaaaaaacAlrig1 @JonMarcStanley
are only applied to Scottish malts so make them comparatively more expensive. Producers may want to argue against duty as well, that would lower the price too, and they can do so, but it is not selectively unfair to them as it applies to all producers.
1 antwoord 0 retweets 0 vind-ik-leuks -
Als antwoord op @IsaaaaaacAlrig1 @JonMarcStanley
I'm not saying either are innately good or bad, but they are different tools for different jobs.
2 antwoorden 0 retweets 0 vind-ik-leuks -
Als antwoord op @IsaaaaaacAlrig1
Yeah but they're both bad. The UK gov cut cut duty now without any deals required.
1 antwoord 0 retweets 0 vind-ik-leuks -
Als antwoord op @JonMarcStanley
Well, if that's what's important to you, you should campaign for it. The other point to note re. Scottish malts, is that it was an unusual application of a tariff. It was effectively imposed as retaliation to a dispute between the US and the EU on aerospace subsidies of
2 antwoorden 0 retweets 0 vind-ik-leuks
Het laden lijkt wat langer te duren.
Twitter is mogelijk overbelast of ondervindt een tijdelijke onderbreking. Probeer het opnieuw of bekijk de Twitter-status voor meer informatie.