Recent Tariffs Articles
Trump's Canadian Alcohol Ban Crushes Craft Distillers
A Trade War Poured Neat: How the U.S.-Canada Alcohol Standoff Is Reshaping the Spirits Industry The trade relationship between the United States and Canada has weathered plenty of storms over the decades, but few fights have landed as personally — or as commercially — as the one now playing out acro
70% Drop: Inside America's Spirits Trade War
President Trump has moved to block certain Canadian alcoholic beverages from entering the United States, escalating a fight over liquor sales that has dragged on for more than eighteen months. The action, signed in September 2026, targets Canada over what the White House calls continued discriminat
Scotch, Then Ireland: Trump's Whiskey Trade Shift
A New Round Of Tariff Relief Lands In Ireland President Trump has announced plans to lift tariffs on Irish whiskey while visiting Ireland, marking the latest move in what has become a broader rollback of trade barriers affecting the spirits industry. The announcement did not come out of nowhere. I
US-Canada Alcohol Trade War Is Hurting Both Sides
Both Sides of the Border Are Bleeding: How the U.S.-Canada Alcohol Trade War Became Everybody's Problem When Canadian liquor store workers began physically pulling bottles of Kentucky bourbon, Tennessee whiskey, and American wine from government-run shelves in the spring of 2025, it made for strik
Canadian Whisky Is Losing Its Grip on the American Market
Canadian Whisky Is Losing the American Market — And a Trade War Is Only Part of the Story The numbers trickling out of America's government-controlled liquor markets tell a story that no amount of marketing can paper over. For the 12 months ending July 2026, Canadian whisky sales in US control sta
Trade War Tariffs Made Whiskey Cheaper — Except in Kentucky
The Counterintuitive Economics of Tariffs: How a 2018 Trade War Put Cheaper Whiskey on Most American Shelves — But Not in Kentucky or Tennessee When the Trump administration lit the fuse on a global trade war in 2018, the conventional wisdom inside the spirits industry was that everyone would lose
How Canada's Bourbon Ban Became a Trade War Weapon
Kentucky to Canada: How the Great Booze Ban Became a Bargaining Chip in the Most Consequential Trade Fight in a Generation For American bourbon and whiskey producers, Canada has long been more than a neighbor — it has been a lifeline. Millions of cases of Tennessee whiskey, Kentucky bourbon, and c
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
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
Why American Bourbon Is Finally Eyeing India's Whiskey Market
The Biggest Whiskey Market in the World Has Been Almost Off-Limits to American Bourbon. That Could Finally Change. In Washington, the conversations happening right now between American trade officials and their Indian counterparts may carry more weight for the bourbon industry than anything that h
