Vermont Senator Peter Welch calls President Trump’s tariffs on Canada ‘really, really stupid’ [Video]

GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN TOMORROW NIGHT. IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC NEWS. TURNING NOW TO NBC5’S CHARLOTTE HANCOX … AS LEADERS IN áVERMONT RESPOND TO THE RISING TENSIONS BETWEEN THE U-S AND CANADA. THEY’RE TAKING MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS. IT COMES AFTER LIQUOR PRODUCERS ON THIS SIDE OF THE BORDER SAW THEIR PRODUCTS BEING TAKEN OFF THE SHELVES. BUT CHARLOTTE… LEADERS ARE SAYING FINDING ANOTHER MARKET… ISN’T THAT EASY? ERICKA, YES… THE PRESIDENT OF CALEDONIA SPIRITS, WHICH MAKES BARR HILL GIN, RECENTLY SHARED THAT AN ORDER THEY WAITED áFOUR MONTHS TO SHIP TO QUEBEC… WAS ABRUPTLY CANCELED… AFTER THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED TARIFFS IN EARLY FEBRUARY. IT’S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF FRUSTRATION FOR BOTH VERMONT… AND OUR NORTHERN NEIGHBORS. BUT CALEDONIA SPIRITS SAYS THE PROBLEM… IS THAT THEY MAKE LABELS SPECIFICALLY FOR QUEBEC’S AND CANADA’S REGULATIONS… SO THEY CAN’T EASILY BE REPURPOSED IN ANOTHER MARKET. DESPITE BACK- AND-FORTH FROM THE TRUMP …