Donald's tariffs continue to hurt the U.S. economy and alienate countries around the world,

including our allies, but his tariff games aren't quite going as he planned, with continuing

unexpected consequences. Many countries have implemented retaliatory tariffs of their own,

and their citizens have protested Americans' betrayal by boycotting U.S. goods,

services, and travel. When it comes to putting their money where their mouths are, Canadians

are leading the way. American alcohol distributors and distilleries are taking a particularly

hard hit. Last week, CNBC spoke to Joe Malioco, president of Michter's Distillery and Chatham

imports, who had this to say about Canada's current attitude about American produced alcohol.

The big problem for a lot of producers, basically, is Canada. And, you know, you use the word boycott. It really isn't a

boycott. It's not a consumer boycott in Canada. It's a ban. It's a governmental ban in eight of the

provinces, including, you know, really populous, really big ones like Quebec, like British Columbia,

like Ontario. So eight provinces banned American alcohol

and moved it from the shelves. Things are changing a little bit up there. Two of the provinces,

Alberta and Saskatchewan are now open to having American liquor sales, but that's going to be

with a 25% tariff, which is pretty hefty.

For example, in Saskatchewan, a bottle of our entry-level U.S.1 Bourbon,

mixed U.S.1 Bourbon, is going to go from $108 to $133.

That's a $25 Canadian increase all at once.

So I can't imagine this not going to affect volume.

That doesn't seem like a particularly efficient way to put America first by making it impossible for American businesses to sell their goods in other countries.

But apparently, Donald either doesn't care or doesn't actually know the impact his insane economic policies

are having on American businesses.

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