2026-09-14 · CBC | Top Stories News
🔮 Ice wine producer in Ontario's Niagara region says U.S. buyers 'flabbergasted' by Trump's booze ban order
Niagara-on-the-Lake winery says it shipped holiday products before tariffs took effect
U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered a ban Canadian booze effective later this month, but for one winery in Ontario's Niagara region, his tariffs have already killed the possibility of selling to Americans.
"There's no product in the world that could compete in a marketplace with a tariff that high," said Jamie Slingerland, director of viticulture for Pillitteri Estates Winery, pointing to the 50 per cent tariff imposed as of Aug. 22. assertive