Truss has pledged to step up efforts to persuade the US to lift punitive tariffs imposed on UK goods such as single malt whisky.
“I am pleased that the US has not applied these additional tariffs, and welcome the decision to lift tariffs on shortbread,” she said in a statement.
“However, the announcement does not address tariffs that already exist on goods like single malt Scotch whisky.
“These tariffs damage industry and livelihoods on both sides of the Atlantic and are in nobody’s interests. I am therefore stepping up talks with the US to remove them as soon as possible.”
The UK left the European Union in January but is now in an 11-month period, known as the transition, that keeps the UK bound to the EU's rules and treaties.
The UK is currently in the process of drawing up a trade deal with the US.
