‘I feel utter anger’: From Canada to Europe, a movement to boycott US goods is spreading

The Canadian consumer boycott of US items in response to trade tariffs and calls for Canada to become America’s 51st state has been well documented. Photograph: Chris Helgren/Reuters

The renowned German classical violinist Christian Tetzlaff was blunt in explaining why he and his quartet have cancelled a summer tour of the US.

“There seems to be a quietness or denial about what’s going on,” Tetzlaff said, describing his horror at the authoritarian polices of Donald Trump and the response of US elites to the country’s growing democratic crisis.