In early March 2025, claims circulated online that the popular whiskey brand Jack Daniel's laid off employees because of U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of 25% tariffs on trade with Canada.

Jack Daniel’s maker Brown-Forman’s CEO Lawson Whiting said on Wednesday Canadian provinces taking American liquor off store shelves was “worse than a tariff” and a “disproportionate ...

“We want toasts, not tariffs.” It’s unclear if Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey and Kentucky bourbon have made their way back to store shelves in Canada, though. Video of an Ontario liquor ...

A worker removes bottles of American-made Jack Daniel's whiskey from a shelf at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario store in Toronto on Tuesday. - Christopher Katsarov Luna/Bloomberg via Getty ...