Canadian provinces pulling US alcohol off store shelves in response to Trump trade policy is "worse than tariffs", the boss of Jack Daniel's maker Brown-Forman has said. Several Canadian provinces, including Ontario, which is by far the most populated, took action this week in retaliation for US tariffs on Canadian goods.

After Canada pulled American-made spirits off its shelves following President Donald Trump’s implementation of tariffs on Canadian imports, the CEO of Brown-Forman, which makes Jack Daniel’s whiskey and other liquors,

The LCBO, one of the world’s largest purchasers of alcohol, took U.S. liquor off shelves in retaliation against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, a “disproportionate response” that is “worse than a tariff,” Whiting said.