Even if the tariffs were to be reversed tomorrow, one wine business leader said, it’ll take "at least a year, if not longer, for my industry to recover.”
Canada’s break from American-made wine and the Trump administration’s global tariffs have compounded the struggles of the United States’ already-stressed wine industry to the point that it may be difficult for much of it “to come back from,” an American wine organization leader told NBC News.
“Canada is the single most important export market for U.S. wines with retail sales in excess of $1.1 billion annually,” Robert Koch, the California Wine Institute’s president and CEO, said in a statement.
Last month Canada united to boycott American wines — taking all U.S.-made vino and alcohol off its liquor and wine store shelves and out of restaurants across the country — as an aggressive retaliatory response to Trump’s tariffs on its political ally north of the border.
Sorry America, but your administration has decided you need to suffer. You should do something about that.
Until then, borders closed. We aren’t visiting or buying your crap.
Thank you for that, seriously.
Your external pressure helps encourage more people to rise up. I’ve seen a ton of Canadian flags at the 50501 protests. We stand in solidarity against this madness.
i do not think the administration has too much to do with that. it is american people. it is not even the maga people alone. it is the americans. it doesnt matter anymore if they vote their pseudo democrats any time in the future. they have proven to be total assholes again and again.
I see this as an absolute win for freedom & democracy.
Farmers are currently in the “Finding Out” stage unfortunately. They were warned.
Although the overwhelming majority of American wine comes from the three deep blue west coast states, so probably not these farmers in particular.
That’s a lot of Red for a deep blue state.
Good thing land doesn’t vote lol
Turns out, people vote, not land
Amazing how people love to ignore this.
39% Trump is a lot of fascists.
All of the wine being discussed in this thread comes from the blue counties just north of San Francisco.
Harris won Sonoma county 72% to 25% Trump
Harris won Napa county 64% to 33% Trump
California as a whole voted for Harris 58% to 38% Trump. The wine producing counties actually voted more blue than the average in a DEEP blue state.
Farmers tend to be right wing, and often exist as Republican counties in Democratic states. So probably also these farmers.
Last month Canada united to boycott American wines — taking all U.S.-made vino and alcohol off its liquor and wine store shelves and out of restaurants across the country — as an aggressive retaliatory response to Trump’s tariffs on its political ally north of the border.
Not a single mention about the threats of economic strangulation and annexation.
Dear American cousins, tarrifs, while backstabbing the best ally anyone has ever had, are your perogative. Your country, your borders, your rules. Sure we will stand up for ourselves and counter tarrif, but that is just business.
Threatening annexation is what has caused for many a lifelong change. The interviewee who said that “even if everything returned to normal tomorrow, it would take a year to recover” missed the point badly. Canadians are a friendly bunch, but once burned like this will never set foot in you country again for a lifetime and will make the consumer boycot for life. I am one of them.
Even if trump is gone, the dems sweep and get universal healthcare, and become a shiny happy prosperous place, I am done with America. I don’t deal with backstabbers. There may be a time when our countries can heal and reconcile. I will be dead before that time comes. This is generational fuckery and America will reap what it sows.
As an American, I’m sorry, but good. Every single country needs to stand up to the idiots that enabled the fascists to take over our country. We need to feel pain before we learn it seems.
Damn. Fucking. Right. Bud.
Perhaps you could set foot in this country again to burn down the White House for old time’s sake?
Not interested. Unless you make us.
I get your sentiment, but aren’t you just being a tad bit melodramatic? Lol.
No. Perfectly and absolutely serious.
Not even close.
Fuck all Americans. You did this, you aren’t stopping this.
Epic level of world harm from a country that expects exception for its internal politics while the world watches its kids die and borders flood with guns while you threaten economically and militarily under the guise of national security and a fucking suitcase worth of fentanyl.
But it’s GREED AND HATE. That’s Americas export, and you aren’t making us buy it you’re trying to fucking force it on other countries. Asking the UK to abandon LGBTQ+ rights over trade? A sovereign fucking free country? FUCK YOU ALL.
Fuck me haha. If the other dude was being melodramatic, you’re down right hyperbolic. Fuck all Americans, really? Not every American did this. Almost half of people who voted did vote against Trump for one. And people have also been protesting and resisting.
More than 2/3rds of Canadians no longer see the US as an ally.
Scott Galloway recently asked Mark Carney (current prime minister of Canada) about this on his podcast.
The simple answer is you don’t get to threaten another country’s sovereignty and expect it not to be taken seriously.
UK person here, and I totally agree with the Canadian above.
America could’ve learned its lessons about tRUMP well before he was voted in in 2016, all they had to do was open their eyes, not be fucking idiots, and do a tiny bit of research about his bullshit (criminal, and otherwise) that he’s been pulling for literally, not figuratively, literally decades and decades. No, that was asking too much of them apparently. So instead they voted him in.
Then they could’ve learned their lesson during his first term and locked him up for all his criminal and traitorous bullshit that he pulled. No, instead they dragged their feet over that shit AND THEN voted him in for a second term.The USA, just like Germany had to do with shitler, needs to learn the hard way. And for decades to come. The American people obviously don’t learn when others are showing them nicely just how blatantly stupid they are being.
And the only way for them to learn is by ostracising and boycotting their products and country for decades to come.No. I assume you’re American?
I live in Australia and the local winery is owned by a Californian company that sends all their output exclusively to the US domestic market. It would be such a shame if those US companies fucked off and profits went back into the local economy.
“Aggressive response”, lol. Moron-in-chief is threatening to annex their country!
“We’re gonna invade and annex your country!”
“Well, we’re not gonna buy any more of your stuff, then!”
“Whoa, so aggressive!”
Since nobody else will be buying wine or jack Daniels, and whatever other alcohol, I am guessing alcohol will become cheaper and alcoholism will be on the rise, the next few years.
Make Americans Alcoholics Again
Hey, just like Russia!
But I kept hearing that the US doesn’t need Canada?
The US would have a trade surplus with Canada if not for oil which Canada sells at below market rate, the US refines and then sells for 3x their purchase price.
If anything, Canada subsidizes the US.
some of the electricity too.
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Guess they should have thought about that before voting…or should have actually voted!
Californians?
There’s a lot of wine country in Eastern Washington, Idaho, and Oregon, too. Rural areas with rural voters. Walla Walla county went hard for Trump, even though he lost statewide.
More towards America as a whole. We all know how California votes so it’s not on them that’s for sure. But they sure are suffering from the election outcome that’s for sure and it really sucks.
The people that make wine in california vote conservative. The cities are liberal but rural is very red.
Good. Maybe it will make them stand up to their tyrannical dictator. That’s what this is all about.
Unavoidable. It’s impossible to only support states that didn’t vote for Trump, so we all have to suffer.
Yup. Exactly why it sucks for all the people in the states who didn’t vote for this shit show. During his first term I kept buying American products mainly fruits and vegetables that came from blue states. Not this time around. A loud and clear message needs to be sent, especially when the Cheeto thinks he can just take over other countries
I approve. The world needs to make us a pariah. No dealing with fascist governments!
To be fair, that entire industry, wines about everything.
:rimshot:
Let me salt it first before you lick it.
Might wanna google that word
It was a bad joke, I still think it’s funny though. People need a sense of humor.
I didn’t understand the joke. Still don’t actually
Even if it were still on the shelf, it’s not going to be bought.
“Canada is the single most important export market for U.S. wines with retail sales in excess of $1.1 billion annually,” Robert Koch, the California Wine Institute’s president and CEO, said in a statement.
Awesome stat. They can get fucked.
Art of the deal.
Oh no it turns out your vote did matter after all.
Trump’s tariffs lowering the US wine industry’s sales is just preparation for his environmental policies lowering their production by making it harder to grow grapes. It’ll all balance out eventually.
Shame.
