LONDON — The United States’ 15% tariff on EU goods could reduce the value of alcohol sales by almost $2 billion and put 25,000 U.S. jobs at risk, a group of 57 alcohol industry groups wrote in a letter sent to U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday.

The letter was signed by organizations representing major European producers, including Diageo and Pernod Ricard , U.S. whiskey and wine producers, as well as glass suppliers, retailers and restaurants.

Washington and Brussels agreed last month to a 15% import tariff on most European Union goods after talks that halved the threatened rate and averted a bigger trade war.

The negotiations did not result in the exemption for wine and spirits that the industries had pressed for.

The letter was addressed to Trump from the Toasts Not Tariffs Coal

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