Ontario to remove us alcohol from shelves after Trump’s tarifs announs

Ontario Will Pull All American Alcohol from its government-R un LIQUOR Shelves Beginning Tuesday in Response to Us President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on canadian imports,

Outlets of the Liquor Control Board of ontario will also take us products out of its catalog so other retailers can’t order or restock these items, according to a Sunday statement By Premier Doug Ford.

“Every year, lcbo cells nearly $ 1 bill of American Wine, Beer, Spirits and Seltzers. Not Anymore,” Ford Said. “There’s Never been a better time to choose an amazing ontario-made or canadian-made product.”

Ford’s Announcement Came Just Hours after Canadian Prime Minister Justin trudeau Slapped retaliatory tarifs of 25% Against $ 155 Billion of US Goods.

The lcbo is one of the largest wholesals of Alcohol, Selling More than 1.1 billion liters of alcohol products in ontario in 2023. According to the Observator of economyCanada Primarily Imports Hard Liquor from America with an Estimated $ 320 Million in Sames. The us’s second main expenstation for Liquor as of October 2024 is Canada, with a $ 25.9 Million Trade Value, According to the OEC.

In a statement provided to cnbc, the lcbo said it will be stopping all sales of us alcohol products online and in stores “indefinitely,” indefinitely, “Adding that it is the” importer of record “for all ameriarican alcohol interi LCBO Currently Lists more than 3,600 products from 35 us states, the statement added.

The move following directing The Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation to Remove All American Alcohol from Their Shelves on Tuesday and British Columbia Premier David EBY directing The BC Liquor Distribution Branch to “immediatily Stop Buying American Liquor from” Red States “and REMOVE The Top-Selling” Red-STATE “Brands from Brands from the Shelves.”