U.S. spirit exports to Canada fell 85 percent in the second quarter of 2025

U.S. spirit exports to Canada fell 85% in the second quarter of 2025

Canadian businessman and Shark Tank judge Kevin O’Leary is blaming the trade tensions between the U.S. and Canada for the temporary closure of a Jim Beam distillery.

Jim Beam, one of the largest makers of American whiskey globally, announced it will halt production at its Clermont, Kentucky, distillery for one year, starting on January 1, 2026. The bourbon whiskey brand plans to “invest in site enhancements” during the closure, according to a statement.

The announcement comes as U.S. spirit exports to Canada are declining, with many Canadians boycotting American liquor in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs and his suggestion that the nation should be the 51st state.

  • Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world
    6·
    6 小时前

    We need a song. “Blame Trump” The tune from South Parks “Blame Canada” Just doesn’t work well with blame trump but some the lyrics are spot on.

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
      3·
      5 小时前

      The tune from South Parks “Blame Canada” Just doesn’t work well with blame trump but some the lyrics are spot on.

      For the chorus, instead of the 4 syllable line of of “Blame Can-a-da” substitute"Blame don-ald-trump".

  • Eldritch@piefed.worldEnglish
    21·
    9 小时前

    I still feel bad for the people. But we are fully in the finding out period now. Hopefully they choose to not continue to fuck around.

    • Hylactor@sopuli.xyz
      9·
      7 小时前

      Even if we get the 37% or so of truly burdensome people out of intellectual debt, the best we can seemingly hope for is ~45 years before the entire nation forgets all of the hard lessons it learned and insists on relearning them again.

      Here’s the progression: unignorable calamity (inspiration, debt) > society bands together (creation, true wealth) > conspicuously wealthy take unfair advantage (consumption, illusion of gains) > unignorable calamity, ad infinitum. Or to simplify: conservatives break things, liberals fix things, and neither learn a lesson.

      • Eldritch@piefed.worldEnglish
        4·
        6 小时前

        Republicans haven’t spent the last half century attacking public education to no result. It was purposeful that they created the memory hole. Complacency kills.

    • circuscritic@lemmy.ca
      6·
      8 小时前

      Yes and no.

      The tariffs stoked tension so much so that Canadians have been boycotting American produced alcohol, and bourbons were some of the first products targeted due to their proximity to Mitch McConnell (Kentucky).

      Mr. Wonderful is still a piece of shit though.