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A Three-Day Pause Could Save American Whiskey
Canadians and Americans have been fighting over booze for a year and a half now, and it's finally starting to look like somebody blinked. On the night of August 18, 2026, President Donald Trump posted on his Truth Social account that he was hitting pause on a massive tariff hike that was set to ham
India Bans Diageo Spirits Over Flavouring and Labelling Violations
India's Food Safety Regulator Drops the Hammer on Diageo — and the Ripples Reach Every Bottle on the Shelf For decades, the global spirits industry has treated India as the great frontier — a billion-plus consumers, a rapidly expanding middle class, and a domestic whisky culture so enormous it dwa
Canada's Ban on American Spirits Is Reshaping Whiskey Sales
When Trade Wars Come for the Whiskey Shelf: How Canada's Ban on American Spirits Is Reshaping the Brown Liquor Landscape There is a particular kind of dissonance that hits you when you walk into a government liquor store and find a wall of empty shelving where the bourbon used to be. No Jim Beam.
Tariffs on Scotch Are Gone, Here's What Changes
The price you pay for a bottle of Scotch, or the tab you run up at your favorite bar, is about to look a little different. President Trump has moved to remove Section 301 tariffs on Scotch whisky and other UK whiskies, and the industry groups that represent the people who make, sell, and pour these
Trump's 50% Tariff on Canadian Whisky Reshapes Trade
A Trade War Poured Neat: Trump's 50% Tariff on Canadian Whisky Changes the Game The U.S.-Canada spirits trade, once a model of continental cooperation, has entered its most turbulent chapter yet. The Trump administration announced that a 50 percent tariff on Canadian goods — including whisky, wine
US Tariff Removal Transforms Scotch Whisky's Future
Scotch Whisky Gets Its Moment: The US Tariff Removal That Changes Everything For more than a year, the Scotch whisky industry watched one of its most important commercial relationships deteriorate in real time. American importers absorbed cost shocks. Scottish distillers saw order volumes shrink.
Distilled Spirits Council Statement on Trump's 50% Canada Tariff
American whiskey makers just got caught in the middle of a fight that has nothing to do with the whiskey itself, and now they're bracing for another hit. President Trump has signed a proclamation putting a 50% tariff on spirits coming in from Canada, and the group that speaks for the U.S. distilled
How Trump's Tariffs Crushed Scotch Whisky US Exports
How Trump's Tariffs Turned Americans Away from Scotch Whisky and Scottish Salmon The numbers coming out of Scotland tell a brutal story. In the first quarter of 2026, two of the country's most iconic exports — Scotch whisky and Atlantic salmon — took a beating in their most valuable foreign market
How Canadian Craft Distillers Filled the Bourbon Void
North of Kentucky: How Canadian Craft Distillers Stepped Into America's Bourbon Shadow For the better part of a decade, Kentucky bourbon ruled the back bars of Canada from Vancouver to Halifax. Its arrival was no accident — aggressive marketing, an ever-expanding range of premium expressions, and
EU Spares American Bourbon from Trade War Tariffs After Intense Lobbying
In a surprising twist amid escalating global trade tensions, the European Union has decided to remove American bourbon and other U.S. whiskeys from its list of retaliatory tariffs. This decision comes as a relief to the drinks industry, which had been bracing for the fallout of a trade war sparked
