United States President Donald Trump on Thursday lifted tariffs on a major United Kingdom export, following a state visit by King Charles III and Queen Camilla that seemed to ease transatlantic tensions after months of political friction.

“In Honor of the King and Queen of the United Kingdom, who have just left the White House, soon headed back to their wonderful Country, I will be removing the Tariffs and Restrictions on Whiskey having to do with Scotland’s ability to work with the Commonwealth of Kentucky on Whiskey and Bourbon, two very important Industries within Scotland and Kentucky,” the president said in a Thursday Truth Social post.

“People have wanted to do this for a long time, in that there had been great Inter-Country Trade, especially having to do with the Wooden Barrels used. The King and Queen got me to do something that nobody else was able to do, without hardly even asking!” he added.

Trump later told reporters he had “taken all the restrictions off, so Scotland and Kentucky can start dealing again.”

“And I did it in honor of the King and Queen who just left,” he said.

The U.K. government confirmed on Friday that the changes announced a day earlier would cover all whisky tariffs, including those on Irish whiskey, according to CNBC.

Last year, the U.K. became the first country to secure a trade deal with the Trump administration following the president’s so-called “liberation day” tariffs.

Under the terms of the agreement, a 10 per cent blanket tariff was imposed on goods imported into the United States.

As a result, a previously zero-tariff trading environment for exporters on both sides of the Atlantic was replaced with new duties on Scotch whisky and other spirits shipped from Britain to the United States.

The Scotch whisky industry supports around 40,000 jobs in Scotland, where whisky made up 23 per cent of all goods exports in 2025.

The sector is also a significant buyer of used bourbon barrels from the United States.