Canada and the U.S. have since agreed to launch formal discussions to review their trade agreement
I don't think that's gonna make a difference anymore. Reverting the 2025 decisions will not revert things. The sentiment has changed among the common people.
It’s abuser logic. “If I stop hitting you, we’re cool. There’s no problem, anymore. That is until I decide to hit you again.”
That doesn’t work on everyone and eventually someone will hit back harder or gang up and take them down. Unfortunately, people let them get away with it for too long.
Trying that shit on Canada of all people was the dumbest shit imaginable.
Ah, you've met the average MAGAt I see.
Yeah, but try explaining to an abusive narcissist that... they have to actually show a real dedication to changing themselves, and making things right.
You basically can't, because the idea that they could be flawed or mistaken in a fundamental way... well, that's basically incomprehensible to them, beyond being some kind of insult toward them.
Yup. It's something that won't be fixed for decades. Trump has seriously damaged the ability for the US to do international trade.
So far Canadians have been smart enough to hold the line. Don't bend and don't believe the liars in charge of the US. This administration would gladly invade anyone and subjugate them.
Never 51. Elbows Up, Canada. It's time to line brawl on the ice.
Canada has got this. They have shifted to trade with more stable countries and had ramped up local distilleries. They are not being mean but rather strategic.
Canadian products are generally superior quality anyways
... also the price of things.
Corporations especially grocers just got a big chance to raise prices .... even if the tariffs go away, none of them will bring the prices down again. They'll just pocket the difference and let everyone pay the new high prices which will stay in place.
The funniest thing is that 'all American' Jim Beam is owned by Suntory, a Japanese company.
Even 7Eleven and Firestone are Japanese companies. Americans can’t run shit.
Way back in 1981, Ronald Reagan looked upon post-Vietnam America and saw too options. One was to tax the rich heavily, institute massive government controls on energy production, and push a renewal of America's aging heavy industries. The other was to cut taxes for the upper classes and encourage wild speculation.
You say that like Reagan had some grand economic plan. He was an idiotic actor very similar to Trump. It's true that tons of terrible policies can be traced back to his presidency but he wasn't the mastermind of much of it in the same way that Trump doesn't have a coherent plan now. They are both good examples of dumb, self serving outsiders being given too much power and listening to the wrong people.
Japan has a greater appreciation for American things like jazz and bourbon than Americans do
there's a japanese jazz scene?
I occasionally travel with two people for work that love bourbon, but hate Jim Bean and call it garbage. Knowing now that it is owned by a Japanese company combined with their current understanding of blaming Biden for the current economy, really puts it together as to why they hate Jim Bean.
These are also the same people that ask me how it's like living two hours from the war torn and destroyed area known as Portland.
Eh, Jim Beam is generally considered cheaper, kinda bottom-shelf stuff these days. Fine for a bourbon and coke, but not really intended to be sipped neat. I wouldn't really be surprised by a bourbon-lover turning their nose up at it, regardless of who owns the brand.
They have some very premium brands as well, that definitely deserve praise: hardin's creek, little book especially.
Anything labeled Jim beam is swill to meh (except Lineage, but you'll never see that on a shelf). The old grandad (bonded or 114) line is bang/buck.
No mention of the annexation threats and "51st state" rhetoric coming from the Trump administration, which I suspect is a bigger driver of the boycott than economic disputes.
They never mention the real reason. They talk about tariffs but never that he literally threatened to annex us economically multiple times.
The two are very much related. We're just in a special category with Denmark and perhaps Venezuela. But I recall him specifically saying we wouldn't be able to survive the tariffs he was imposing. I will continue to do what I can to keep my money from going to America.
I guess Kentucky is getting everything they voted for. I’m happy for them.
Only a year? Let's make it permanent Canada. Elbows up.
Not just Canada. I haven't bought bourbon since last year here in the U.S... which was my go-to drink of choice.
I was a bourbon fan when I drank. Been 5 or 6 years though. Glad I don’t support that industry anymore. Fuck ‘em.
So I know that Jim Beam is an entry level bourbon, and I know the story here is more about the tariffs and the relationship between the US and the rest of the world...
But genuine question: will 2027 Jim Beam be super good because it's aged an extra year?
I'm going to guess not super good, but better than 2026
They won’t change a thing about the process or age it longer, they’re just cutting down production so their own storage doesn’t overflow since they can’t offload it as quickly.
Yeah, you're probably right. I don't even think Jim Beam has any information about age or years on it's, um, plastic screwtop bottle.
Just to be safe though I'mma buy a few bottles in 2027.
Very happy that Canadians had a hand in helping this happen.
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I am all in on the Canadian Club.
Cue the "I didn't vote for this" gomers...
"But I'd vote for him again"
Well they’ll gladly vote for whoever has the “R” next to their name, no matter what. That is if there ever are elections again.
On one hand, fuck the government of Kentucky and the people who voted for this. On the other my heartfelt sympathy for people who fought against this bullshit and are suffering.
I love whiskey, but fuck Kentucky. It would take a lot for the morons there to figure out Trump and republicans in general are not helping them. They did elect a Democrat governor at least, so that’s a good sign.
Would it be that hard to show numbers on how much us consumption is down, and how much exports are down for this company?
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