Ontario premier threatens to pull US alcohol if Trump imposes tariffs

WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL IMPACT. IN 2018, THE EUROPEAN UNION IMPOSED A 25% TAX ON AMERICAN WHISKEYS IN RESPONSE TO U.S. TARIFFS ON IMPORTED STEEL AND ALUMINUM. SO THAT WAS LIKE SLAMMING THE BRAKES ON A FREIGHT TRAIN. BUT THOSE TARIFFS WERE TEMPORARILY LIFTED IN 2022 AFTER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION NEGOTIATED WITH THE EU. BUT THE TARIFFS ARE SET TO COME BACK IN MARCH AT 50%. IF NO AGREEMENT IS REACHED. THE KENTUCKY DISTILLERS ASSOCIATION SAYS DURING THE FIRST ROUND OF TARIFFS, THE INDUSTRY LOST ABOUT A HALF $1 BILLION IN EXPORTS. WHEN THESE COME BACK AT 50%, IT WILL BE ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING, ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING. AND IT바카라 게임 웹사이트�S NOT JUST THE BIG COMPANIES THAT ARE GOING TO FEEL IT. IT바카라 게임 웹사이트�S GOING TO TOUCH EVERY FACET OF THE BOURBON INDUSTRY. THE LATEST DATA FROM THE KDA SHOWS THERE바카라 게임 웹사이트�S A RECORD 14.3 MILLION BARRELS OF BOURBON AGING. BOURBON PRODUCTION IS UP NEARLY 200% IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, BUT THE KDA IS AFRAID THESE TARIFFS COULD HALT PROGRESS. 95% OF THE GLOBAL SUPPLY IS MADE IN KENTUCKY, SO BOURBON IS AMERICAN JOBS. AND THE WAY YOU GROW THOSE AMERICAN JOBS IS TO OPEN MORE MARKETS. THE KDA SAYS THERE ARE MORE THAN 100 DISTILLERIES ACROSS THE STATE. A MAJORITY ARE CRAFT SELLERS LIKE JEPTHA CREED AND SHELBYVILLE, WHILE JEPTHA CREED DOESN바카라 게임 웹사이트�T EXPORT OVERSEAS, THEY SAY THEY WILL STILL FEEL SOME IMPACTS. AUTUMN NETHERY IS VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS DURING THE FIRST ROUND OF TARIFFS. SHE SAYS JEPTHA CREED FELT THE IMPACT. AT THAT TIME, THE THE BIG RETALIATORY TARIFFS ON STEEL AND METAL, ALUMINUM, THOSE PIECES THAT WAS AROUND THE TIME THAT WE WERE TRYING TO EXPAND OUR FERMENTATION SPACE. AND SO, LIKE OUR FERMENTERS COST 25% MORE THAN THEY WOULD HAVE IF THE TARIFFS DIDN바카라 게임 웹사이트�T EXIST. SHE SAYS A LOT OF MATERIALS BOURBON DISTILLERS USE COME FROM OVERSEAS, SUCH AS GLASS, CORK AND MORE SO RETALIATORY TARIFFS CAN CAUSE THOSE PRICES TO SKYROCKET, WHICH COULD POSSIBLY LEAD TO ME HAVING TO INCREASE OUR BOTTLE COST. EVEN THOUGH I바카라 게임 웹사이트�M NOT EXPORTING. HER FAMILY STARTED THIS DISTILLERY IN 2016, BUT IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF BOURBON, SHE SAYS, THERE바카라 게임 웹사이트�S STILL A YOUNG AND SMALL BUSINESS. AND AT THIS POINT, IF PRICES KEEP GOING UP, I바카라 게임 웹사이트�M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO EAT THE COST. EVEN THE BIG COMPANIES CAN바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Kentucky bourbon, Tennessee whiskey, and a range of other American-made booze will vanish from LCBO stores if President Donald Trump imposes a blanket tariff on Canadian goods, Ontario Premier Doug Ford threatened Monday.바카라 게임 웹사이트�I바카라 게임 웹사이트�ve sent a direction to the LCBO, if these tariffs come, to clear off every bit of U.S. alcohol off the shelves,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Ford said, noting that the Crown corporation is the largest alcohol purchaser in the world.바카라 게임 웹사이트�They will feel the pain. I will make sure I communicate this to our other premiers that they should be following suit.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Trump retook the Oval Office on Monday afternoon and has long threatened to introduce a 25% tariff on all Canadian and Mexican imports, unless both countries secure their borders against illegal migrants and drugs, on the first day of his administration.However, reports from The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, citing White House sources, suggest that the incoming commander-in-chief will not impose those sanctions on Monday.Last week, sources confirmed to CTV 온라인 바카라 게임 that Canada is ready to impose retaliatory tariffs on consumer goods, like Kentucky bourbon and Florida orange juice, if Trump follows through on his threat.Ford has said his government will support those measures and others, along with what he described Sunday as 바카라 게임 웹사이트�additional retaliatory measures바카라 게임 웹사이트� at a provincial level, should they be required. It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s unclear what those additional measures include, but the province has previously mused taxing American-made alcohol and cutting off Ontario power to 1.5 million homes south of the border.Canada previously imposed a tariff on U.S. bourbon and other goods in 2018 in response to Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s tax on Canadian steel and aluminum. The then president lifted that tariff in 2019, only to reimpose it briefly, and lift it again in 2020.Ford recalled that exchange while delivering his remarks on Monday at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association Conference in Toronto.바카라 게임 웹사이트�I talked to the great governor of Kentucky. And I remember in the last tariffs, we threw on the bourbon. First thing out of his mouth is 바카라 게임 웹사이트�don바카라 게임 웹사이트�t touch my bourbon,바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트� Ford said.바카라 게임 웹사이트�And I said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Governor바카라 게임 웹사이트� 바카라 게임 웹사이트� and that바카라 게임 웹사이트�s a serious business down there, when you with their bourbon. It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s like messing with our LCBO 바카라 게임 웹사이트� I said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�You know governor, you바카라 게임 웹사이트�ve gotta talk to your president, because the first thing we바카라 게임 웹사이트�re doing: we바카라 게임 웹사이트�re getting your bourbon.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Ontario바카라 게임 웹사이트�s next scheduled election is still more than a year away, but new polling shows Ford바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Progressive Conservatives maintain a nine-point lead over Bonnie Crombie바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Liberals.Liaison Strategies released the findings of its poll on Monday. It found that if a provincial election were held today 41% of decided and leaning voters would cast their ballot for the PCs.Ford has not yet ruled out holding an early election before the set date of June 2025, and said last week that if the government is forced to spend cash to stimulate the economy should Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s tariffs come to pass, he would need to seek a new mandate from voters.바카라 게임 웹사이트�I think, if it comes to it, and we have to spend tens of billions of dollars, we go to the people. Let the people decide,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said at the time, later suggesting that the tariffs could cost 500,000 Ontario jobs.Meanwhile, the Liberals바카라 게임 웹사이트� support climbed to 32%, a level the polling company says it hasn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t seen since it started the outreach in 2024.바카라 게임 웹사이트�This marks a 2-point increase from last week and a 5-point rise since the start of the year,바카라 게임 웹사이트� David Valentin, principal at Liaison Strategies, said in a news release. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Interestingly, this growth isn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t coming at the expense of the PCs but rather from the smaller parties and the Ontario NDP.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Support for the Ontario NDP currently sits at 19%, a two-point drop week-over-week.The undecided voter rate, according to the poll, is at 26%, which Valentin said is likely to drop if and when an election call is made.The poll surveyed close to 1,200 Ontario voters between Jan. 15 and 16. The margin of error is plus or minus 2.83%, 19 times out of 20.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�I바카라 게임 웹사이트�ve sent a direction to the LCBO, if these tariffs come, to clear off every bit of U.S. alcohol off the shelves,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Ford said, noting that the Crown corporation is the largest alcohol purchaser in the world.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�They will feel the pain. I will make sure I communicate this to our other premiers that they should be following suit.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Trump retook the Oval Office on Monday afternoon and has long threatened to introduce a 25% tariff on all Canadian and Mexican imports, unless both countries secure their borders against illegal migrants and drugs, on the first day of his administration.

However, reports from The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, citing White House sources, suggest that the incoming commander-in-chief will not impose those sanctions on Monday.

Last week, sources confirmed to CTV 온라인 바카라 게임 that Canada is ready to impose retaliatory tariffs on consumer goods, like Kentucky bourbon and Florida orange juice, if Trump follows through on his threat.

Ford has said his government will support those measures and others, along with what he described Sunday as 바카라 게임 웹사이트�additional retaliatory measures바카라 게임 웹사이트� at a provincial level, should they be required. It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s unclear what those additional measures include, but the province has previously mused taxing American-made alcohol and cutting off Ontario power to 1.5 million homes south of the border.

Canada previously imposed a tariff on U.S. bourbon and other goods in 2018 in response to Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s tax on Canadian steel and aluminum. The then president lifted that tariff in 2019, only to reimpose it briefly, and lift it again in 2020.

Ford recalled that exchange while delivering his remarks on Monday at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association Conference in Toronto.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�I talked to the great governor of Kentucky. And I remember in the last tariffs, we threw on the bourbon. First thing out of his mouth is 바카라 게임 웹사이트�don바카라 게임 웹사이트�t touch my bourbon,바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트� Ford said.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�And I said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Governor바카라 게임 웹사이트� 바카라 게임 웹사이트� and that바카라 게임 웹사이트�s a serious business down there, when you [mess] with their bourbon. It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s like messing with our LCBO 바카라 게임 웹사이트� I said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�You know governor, you바카라 게임 웹사이트�ve gotta talk to your president, because the first thing we바카라 게임 웹사이트�re doing: we바카라 게임 웹사이트�re getting your bourbon.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Ontario바카라 게임 웹사이트�s next scheduled election is still more than a year away, but new polling shows Ford바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Progressive Conservatives maintain a nine-point lead over Bonnie Crombie바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Liberals.

Liaison Strategies released the findings of its poll on Monday. It found that if a provincial election were held today 41% of decided and leaning voters would cast their ballot for the PCs.

Ford has not yet ruled out holding an early election before the set date of June 2025, and said last week that if the government is forced to spend cash to stimulate the economy should Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s tariffs come to pass, he would need to seek a new mandate from voters.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�I think, if it comes to it, and we have to spend tens of billions of dollars, we go to the people. Let the people decide,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said at the time, later suggesting that the tariffs could cost 500,000 Ontario jobs.

Meanwhile, the Liberals바카라 게임 웹사이트� support climbed to 32%, a level the polling company says it hasn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t seen since it started the outreach in 2024.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�This marks a 2-point increase from last week and a 5-point rise since the start of the year,바카라 게임 웹사이트� David Valentin, principal at Liaison Strategies, said in a news release. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Interestingly, this growth isn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t coming at the expense of the PCs but rather from the smaller parties and the Ontario NDP.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Support for the Ontario NDP currently sits at 19%, a two-point drop week-over-week.

The undecided voter rate, according to the poll, is at 26%, which Valentin said is likely to drop if and when an election call is made.

The poll surveyed close to 1,200 Ontario voters between Jan. 15 and 16. The margin of error is plus or minus 2.83%, 19 times out of 20.

Ontario premier threatens to pull US alcohol if Trump imposes tariffs

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