Wine-Searcher reports that wine and spirits have become highly visible casualties of deteriorating US–Canada trade relations, after eight Canadian provincial governments removed American alcohol from shelves in response to US tariffs. Although the value of wine trade is small compared with sectors such as cars, metals and energy, the article argues that American wine has become a politically potent target because it is easy for Canadian consumers and retailers to replace, while the Wine Institute estimates the provincial removals cost the US wine sector $357 million over one year.