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Buzzkill? Why Trump tariffs could see U.S. booze barred on Canadian shelves - National | Globalnews.ca

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In 2023 , U.S. alcohol exports to Canada amounted to US$262 million ( C$377 million ) a year, with American whiskey accounting for US$76 million .

Kentucky bourbon and Tennessee whiskey would be “perfectly fine targets” for retaliatory tariffs from Ottawa .

An economist at Toronto Metropolitan University said tariffs are bound to turn Canadian consumers away from American booze.

Author Davin de Kergommeaux is the author of Canadian Whisky: The Essential Portable Expert.

In 2024 , Canada imported wine worth C$51.4 million from the U.S. The crisis could bring opportunity for Canadian distillers, while giving consumers a chance to “rediscover” Canadian whisky.

The most popular cocktail whisky cocktail is the whisky sour.

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