California Wine Producers Devestated By Canada's Boycott Says Senator

[Economy 52,895]

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/tariffs/2026/07/10/canadas-boycott-of-us-wines-causing-devastating-harm-california-senator-says/

 

California senator Adam Schiff says Canadas boycott of USA alcohol is having a devastating impact in California Wine producers

 

Canada has long been a major importer of Californian red wine which before the tarrif war was one of the most if not the most sold international wine in the Country

 

The senator pleads Canada to rethink the boycott emphasizing that California does not agree with or support the tarrif wars

 

 

[NemoMyName 2,224]

tbh america needs more of that 

[Economy 52,895]

10 minutes ago, NemoMyName said:

tbh america needs more of that 

Well America needs "nothing Canada has" so i guess that means our dollars too

 

Tbh Trump take on trade with Canada is one of the stupidest I ever seen. Canada literally buys more from USA than US from Canada in most sectors including manufacturing & services so were literally a net contributer to the blue collar jobs Trump is trying to save like wtf

 

Most of any remaining trade imbalance (which isnt huge anyway with US and Canada) that exists at all because Canada has so much natural resources it exports that the US needs for ITS MANUFACTURING AND EXPORTS which the US would only be hurt by not buying.

 

This rehtoric that we rip off the US is so unfair and false

[Ladle Ghoulash 53,966]

22 minutes ago, NemoMyName said:

tbh america needs more of that 

I mean, CA of all states doesn’t deserve it, given than CA hasn’t voted for Trump once lol

[NemoMyName 2,224]

10 minutes ago, Economy said:

Well America needs "nothing Canada has" so i guess that means our dollars too

 

Tbh Trump take on trade with Canada is one of the stupidest I ever seen. Canada literally buys more from USA than US from Canada in most sectors including manufacturing & services so were literally a net contributer to the blue collar jobs Trump is trying to save like wtf

 

Most of any remaining trade imbalance (which isnt huge anyway with US and Canada) that exists at all because Canada has so much natural resources it exports that the US needs for ITS MANUFACTURING AND EXPORTS which the US would only be hurt by not buying.

 

This rehtoric that we rip off the US is so unfair and false

America needs so much more boycotts from other countries, deny them resources

[Creyk 18,676]

Hopefully Canadians keep going with that boycott

[Ladle Ghoulash 53,966]

5 hours ago, Creyk said:

Hopefully Canadians keep going with that boycott

Yeah, that’ll show the deep blue progressive state that Trump has never won!

[Ladle Ghoulash 53,966]

I love getting a sad react for pointing out that America isn’t a monolith (a country of 342M, mind you) and that the overwhelming majority of Californians, much less Americans, never supported trade war with Canada. But yeah, damage industries in parts of the US that agree with you politically, that’ll show Trump.

Edited July 11 by Ladle Ghoulash

[RaveMonster 643]

Keep it going Canada, America needs to learn the world doesn’t revolve around them. It’s sad for those wine makers if they didn’t vote for Trump but also Canada has amazing wine from British Columbia and I can assure you they have better practices and better companies than California does. 

[Economy 52,895]

19 hours ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

I love getting a sad react for pointing out that America isn’t a monolith (a country of 342M, mind you) and that the overwhelming majority of Californians, much less Americans, never supported trade war with Canada. But yeah, damage industries in parts of the US that agree with you politically, that’ll show Trump.

At the Federal level at least the innitial retaliations were disproportionately towards industries in red states

 

Alcohol bans from US have been  Provincial decisions at their liquor stores (some Provinces own the liquor stores and essentially have a Government monopoly over the industry) so it gets tricker as our Federal Government has little jurisdiction on things like this. Ontario runs the LCBO stores for example (Liquor Control Board Of Ontario) and it can put what ever it decides on the shelves

[Bronco 25,847]

On 7/11/2026 at 11:49 AM, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Yeah, that’ll show the deep blue progressive state that Trump has never won!

Californians may not back Trump.

But Silicone Valley does, and they spent millions putting him there. And if the Cali economy starts to nose dive, they go with it. 

[Economy 52,895]

6 hours ago, Bronco said:

Californians may not back Trump.

But Silicone Valley does, and they spent millions putting him there. And if the Cali economy starts to nose dive, they go with it. 

Its also about putting general pressure on the US @Ladle Ghoulash. Yes its True some blue States generally dont support Trump but they are much more likely to be vocal on the trade stuff if its hurting them more severely than if its just casual background noise especially since with Trump theres so many competing issues to steal attention

 

So id say its working if its getting them to speak out

 

Canada has a bit more leverage on trade id say than Mexico and China in some ways because trade with us is a lot closer to balance and we actually buy a lot more to the US. What we DO export to the US in large quantities a lot of it is more critical by nature and harder to replace because it usually involves natural resources the US doesnt have enough of. Not just manufactured trinkets u could after some years open up factors to replace imports (albeit at higher prices) such as much of whats imported from China

 

Still woulda been good if other Countries fought back harder. Most didnt and Canada can only do so much on its own. Even if it is not beneficial for the USA either Trump is the kind of adversarial guy who will fight to the end because as long as he damages his opponent more than they damage you he sees that as a win even tho it makes no sense (less damage is still damage)

 

I think Canadians took it more personally than most Countries because of the close ties for so long (and insulting comments from Trump like we should be a 51st State or we only exist because of the US didnt help). Thats probably why Canadians were more determined to fight back than most Countries but the truth is, if others dont retaliate too, a $2 Trillion economy can only do so much against a $30 Trillion economy

[Ladle Ghoulash 53,966]

13 minutes ago, Economy said:

Its also about putting general pressure on the US @Ladle Ghoulash. Yes its True some blue States generally dont support Trump but they are much more likely to be vocal on the trade stuff if its hurting them more severely than if its just casual background noise especially since with Trump theres so many competing issues to steal attention

 

So id say its working if its getting them to speak out

 

Canada has a bit more leverage on trade id say than Mexico and China in some ways because trade with us is a lot closer to balance and we actually buy a lot more to the US. What we DO export to the US in large quantities a lot of it is more critical by nature and harder to replace because it usually involves natural resources the US doesnt have enough of. Not just manufactured trinkets u could after some years open up factors to replace imports (albeit at higher prices) such as much of whats imported from China

 

Still woulda been good if other Countries fought back harder. Most didnt and Canada can only do so much on its own. Even if it is not beneficial for the USA either Trump is the kind of adversarial guy who will fight to the end because as long as he damages his opponent more than they damage you he sees that as a win even tho it makes no sense (less damage is still damage)

 

I think Canadians took it more personally than most Countries because of the close ties for so long (and insulting comments from Trump like we should be a 51st State or we only exist because of the US didnt help). Thats probably why Canadians were more determined to fight back than most Countries but the truth is, if others dont retaliate too, a $2 Trillion economy can only do so much against a $30 Trillion economy

They’re more likely to be vocal and less likely to be heard by the federal government because the Trump admin openly holds blue states in contempt.