I saw an article the other day about how there was suddenly a non-shortage of fancy bourbons on store shelves in the US. How before the rare bottles were order only and marked up extremely high and not available, but now you could just get them on sale right off the shelf.
All of this was reported with a bit of speculation here and there but not once mentioning what is the most likely reason:
The largest liquor importer in the world (Ontario LCBO) just removed all American products from its shelves and in some cases was even able to return those products back to the distributor with refund.
Those products are on American shelves because they are no long being sold to non-Americans. Because of actions by the Trump regime. Not mentioned in the article I read (major US newspaper)
I also saw a series of articles about oceanside properties in Maine being in trouble because their Quebecois regulars are cancelling bookings for this summer.
They kept saying it was about tariffs. I didn't see a single article that mentioned annexation threats and digs at our sovereignty.
It's really weird, the selective blindness.
I think US moderates want so badly for things to be relatively normal that they can't take this stuff seriously or it's a complete demoralization.
That and the press is completely under his thumb this time around.
These will also almost certainly by targeted by the EC for reciprocal tariffs (they were in minihands' first term), so European importers are likely shifting to other lines in advance.
EU applying import tariffs definitely helps, but Canada is the single biggest purchaser of American export products. Something Americans on the whole don't seem to know. The cancellation of all wine & liquor purchases is absolutely being felt but what is remarkable is the degree to which the American press is doing its best not to report this connection.
For clarity, we didn't just tariff bourbon. We outright stopped allowing their sale in the entire province of Ontario, and several other provinces as well. Californian wines, etc. too
