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Canadian shops are stripping US liquor from their shelves just hours after Donald Trump imposed 25% tariffs on imports from their country.
President Trump’s tariffs have triggered a ‘buy local’ response, with the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) pulling all American alcohol from its government-run outlets.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford ordered the products to be off the shelves beginning on Tuesday, when the levies are set to go into place.
US alcohol products will also be taken out of catalogs, so other retailers cannot order or restock those items, Premier Ford said in a statement on Sunday.
He said: ‘Every year, LCBO sells nearly $1 billion worth of American wine, beer, spirits and seltzers. Not anymore.
‘There has never been a better time to choose an amazing Ontario-made or Canadian-made product.’
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