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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kelly Rissman

Tapped out: Canada kicks American booze as US alcohol sales plunge by 66% amid tariff war

America is feeling the hangover from Canada’s boycott of U.S. liquor, as sales dropped by 66 percent up north, a new analysis has found.

In March, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario announced it would no longer carry American booze in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs on the country. From March through the end of April, sales of U.S. booze in Canada plummeted more than 66 percent, an analysis by trade group Spirits Canada, seen by Bloomberg, found.

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