Canada Took American Booze Off the Shelves. Eighteen Months Later, Here Is the Bill.
US alcohol exports to Canada fell from $744 million to $208 million. Wine collapsed 78 per cent. And nobody in Ottawa ordered a single consumer to do anything. In February 2025, the United States imposed 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods, citing a national security emergency. Canada’s federal response was conventional: retaliatory tariffs on…