Prime Minister Ontario Doug Ford speaks during a campaign stop at Walker Construction in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, January 31, 2025.
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Ontario will pull all American alcohol from government shelves of alcoholic beverages starting on Tuesday in response to the US president Donald Trump 25% of tariffs on Canadian import.
The outlets of the Ontario Alcoholic Control Committee will also make us products from their catalog so other merchants cannot order or renew those items, according to a Sunday statement Premier Doug Ford.
“Every year, LCBO sells almost $ 1 billion of American wine, beer, alcoholic beverages and settlers. No more,” Ford said. “It was never a better time to choose an amazing product made by Ontario or Canadian.”
Ford announcement followed only a few hours after the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dizzy retaliation of tariffs of 25% compared to 155 billion US goods.
Lcbo is one of the greatest alcohol wholesale who is sold More than 1.1 billion liters alcoholic products in Ontario 2023. Observatory of economic complexityCanada is primarily importing solid alcoholic drinks from America with an estimated $ 320 million sales. The second main export destination for alcohol from October 2024 is Canada, with a $ 25.9 million store value, according to OEC.
In a statement provided by CNBC, LCBO said he would stop all sales of American alcoholic products online and in an indefinite period, LCBO currently states more than 3,600 products from 35 US countries, a statement has been added.
This move follows other announcements of similar Canadian prime ministers about the retaliation of tariffs, including the premiere of the new Scotia Tim Houston direction New Scotia Liquor Corporation to remove all American alcohol from their shelves Tuesday and Prime Minister British Columbia David Eby direction Branch for the distribution of alcoholic beverages on “Immediately Stop buying American alcohol from” Red States “and remove the top” Red State “brand from shelves.
