New Brunswick·Updated
New Brunswick had planned to remove U.S. alcohol from N.B. Liquor stores and avoid signing all but the most essential contracts with U.S. firms before Trudeau announced the tariffs would be delayed a month
With trade threat delayed but not gone, premier says stores won’t order more American booze
Jacques Poitras · CBC News
· Posted: Feb 03, 2025 2:08 PM EST | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
Premier Susan Holt had planned for N.B. Liquor stores in New Brunswick will remove U.S. alcohol from store shelves as part of the province’s response to a tariff threat from President Donald Trump. With the tariffs called off, Holt said the province won’t order any new American stocks. (Sam Farley/CBC)
New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt said Monday she planned to remove U.S. alcohol from N.B. Liquor stores and avoid signing all but the most essential new contracts with U.S. firms as a response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
But she put part of that on hold late in the day, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the U.S. president would delay the tariffs by 30 days.
“For now, American products will remain on ANBL shelves but we will not be purchasing new product,” Holt said in a statement.
The punishing tariffs, which will add 25 per cent to the cost of most Canadian products crossing the border into the United States,
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