LONDON—U.S. tariffs on European goods have plunged Britain into a trade war between the European Union and the United States just as it plans to leave the 28-nation bloc, infuriating Scotch whiskey makers and handing it a dilemma over thousands of Airbus jobs.
The United States has pledged tariffs on goods worth $7.5 billion a year in a dispute over Airbus subsidies from Oct. 18, days before Britain’s planned end-October exit. And the EU is due to hit back in a parallel case concluding next spring.
