Distilleries to bear brunt of U.S. ban on Canadian booze: experts
The new measures also shift the 50% tariff list to spare some U.S. industries while adding paper products, metals, motorboats and cheeses.
- On Tuesday, the White House announced that the U.S. will ban imports of Canadian alcohol, motorcycles, and other products effective Sept. 29, following Canada's implementation of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods.
- Canada's retaliatory duties, which took effect Tuesday, affect about $20 billion in U.S. goods, including steel, aluminum, and farm equipment; the country characterized the measures as a dollar-for-dollar response to initial U.S. tariffs.
- Andrew Oland, chief executive of Moosehead Breweries, expressed disappointment as the company faces 50% tariffs and upcoming import bans, while Norman Beal, board chair of Ontario Craft Wineries, noted most Canadian wine sales occur domestically.
- Trump directed the General Services Administration to remove Canadian-origin products from government contracts, while freight volumes from Canada to the U.S. have fallen around 16% since Sunday, partly due to the Labor Day holiday.
- Carney has increasingly framed Canada's response as an effort to reduce economic dependence on the U.S., but unless Canada restores what Trump described as "full and fair reciprocity" for American farmers and companies, these restrictions will remain.
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Canadian booze ban set to have major impact on duty-free stores
More than half of their total production is shipped to the United States in normal time.
Distilleries and spirits producers are likely to be the hardest hit among Canadian alcohol producers, as the U.S. has proposed a general ban on Canadian alcohol as of the end of this month.
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