The national trade association representing producers and marketers of distilled spirits sold in the US, argues distilleries across the country benefit greatly from improved access to foreign consumers. 

A statement from DISCUS read: “US distilled spirits exports more than doubled over the past decade, reaching almost $1.6 billion in 2015, and generated thousands of local manufacturing and farming jobs.   

“Bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations offer an important – and in some cases the only – means to ensure our nation’s distillers, small and large, are able to gain access and compete in foreign markets.”