It is unclear who will benefit if President Trump pursues his threat to impose 200 % taxes on all alcohol and alcoholic beverages by the European Union, but it will certainly not be US consumers.
On Thursday, Mr Trump posted a tariff warning on Thursday by Mr Trump during a response to a 50 % revenue response on several other products announced by the US Whiskey and the European Union, which was a response to a set of US revenue, which was imposed last week.
Mr. Trump said In his post These taxes “will be the best of the liquor and champagne business in the United States”, but American liquor makers do not necessarily see it.
“At the level, it may look like an honor, but if you look down, I think you realize that it is really harmful to our industry at a time when we don’t really need it.” The frog’s jumpFamily -operated wine maker in Napa Valley.
For most liquor makers, sales depend on small businesses – distributors, retailers and maintenance cars on a cohesive web – which also depends on the sale of European liquor.
“I don’t think people realize how much the wine infrastructure depends on European sales.” Levin and SonWine retailers in Brooklyn, New York “If you remove these funds from equality, you reduce the opportunity to buy alcohol from elsewhere. You are not just hurting European alcohol, you are hurting Americans to buy American alcohol.
The American liquor industry is already facing difficulties. Sale is low. Alcohol boxes are ending, public health supporters have suggested that no use of alcohol is unhealthy, and climate change has caused destructive fire, spring cold and drought. Meanwhile, Mr Trump has already affected US producers like frogs leaps, which depends on export markets in these countries.
Mr Williams said, “Ontario was our biggest trading partner.” He has canceled all the orders, including bottles that were already labeled specifically for the province. We are all waiting for the next natural catastrophe. I see it as an unnatural catastrophe.
Something business, like Demon StateAn importer based in St. Helena, California, has tried to estimate the arrival of revenue by storing some European liquor before any additional costs.
“We doubled in some cases, some increased by 20 percent and some were conservative,” said Filana Booer, the president of the dementia. “You can’t do everything for everything, because then you get stuck with inventory. You have to make the right prediction, and the time will tell us what we did?
Some of the big businesses of alcohol appear to be less concerned. Louis RodernerChampian Producer, has made shining wine in the United States for 40 years Roder StateMandokino County based in California. In the past decade, Roderrier has purchased California’s leading producers and diversifies his portfolio more My AdWords Winery Sonoma County and I Diamond Creek Daughters In Napa Valley.
“If there are really a lot of revenue, it will hurt our European liquor business, but will benefit our California business,” said Gallom Fuelron, president and chief executive of Roderrrrrrrrrrrrrrrred.
However, Roder has two benefits. It owns the arm of his US partition, Mizan Marks and DomainsAnd it has a corporate financial option to become a long -standing weather in the global liquor business.
Small businesses are very weak.
“These taxes, if they have been implemented, will completely scatter the beloved business in every city in the United States.” Trader of Trebika WineIn New York City, and President of Alliance of American Wine TradeWhich works to ensure a free trade environment for alcohol. “You can’t benefit much from how much restaurants you rely on the revenue from these products.”
Without the Spanish restaurant selling Italian liquor or New Zealand Swagen Blank, it is difficult to imagine traituria. But many restaurants will either have it, or prices on European wine will rise rapidly.
During his first term in 2019, Mr Trump imposed 25 % of the revenue on some European food and drinks, which faced huge difficulties in the US liquor business until President Joseph R. Biden Jr. did not remove the fees in 2021.
“We suffered from it,” said Doug Polar, the importer and the distribution, said. Poon choice His wife, with Tina, in Mount Kosko, in New York “it certainly affected our lower line, but 200 %? It is a non -starter. For now, we have to stop any shipment coming from Europe to find out.
Particularly concern is the container of alcohol that is already in the transit, so -called “luggage”. If they arrive before imposing any taxes, there is no problem, but if they arrive after the start of the revenue, the importers will face huge fees.
Jeff Kelog off Calog selectionWhich distributes imported and domestic alcohol in Carolineia, Virginia and Washington, DC, said it had containers filled with liquor in France, but on Thursday received a message by the ship that the loading would be delayed to give importers an opportunity to consider their powers.
“We stop buying European wine unless we have anything to explain,” said Mr Kelog. He added that he would be forced to raise prices on US alcohol, as he did during the last period of US prices.
He said, “It was for our business. If we could no longer sell European liquor, we are leaving sales representatives, drivers and others. This will not be the same business.
