Why is whiskey maker Jim Beam pausing production?

为什么威士忌制造商吉姆·毕姆暂停生产?

World Business Report

2025-12-23

8 分钟
PDF

单集简介 ...

Leanna Byrne takes a look as Jim Beam, one of the most recognisable names in American bourbon, confirms it will pause production for a year at its main Kentucky distillery from January. India and New Zealand strike a new free trade deal, cutting tariffs and opening markets on both sides. And at the box office, the latest Avatar: Fire and Ash opens more quietly than expected in the US, despite strong takings overseas.
更多

单集文稿 ...

  • This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK.

  • Round off your 2025 with a brilliant podcast from the BBC World Service.

  • 13 Minutes is the podcast telling epic space stories,

  • from the first moon landing to the creation of the space shuttle.

  • Unlike any spacecraft we had ever flown before.

  • The Con invites you to enter a world where nothing is as it seems.

  • There was somebody out there who was faking pregnancy.

  • What does she have to gain from this?

  • And Cyberhack investigates alleged cyber gangs and the heists and hacks there accused of committing the largest cyber criminal case in the FBI.

  • Search for 13 minutes, the con and cyber hack wherever you get your BBC podcasts.

  • One of America's biggest whiskey makers pauses production.

  • It's World Business Express from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Liana Byrne.

  • China hits European dairy with steep tariffs and a new trade deal reshapes ties between India and New Zealand.

  • Yes, it's one of the most famous names in American whiskey production,

  • but Birdman company Jim Bean says it will pause production for a year at its main Kentucky distillery from January.

  • The company told the BBC the temporary shutdown will be used to invest in its upgrades at the site,

  • but the move also comes at a time of growing pressure on the American whiskey industry,

  • from trade tensions to changing drinking habits.

  • Martin Ludwigs is president of IWSR,