In this case it is 100% fair and accurate. Navarro has championed these tariffs for years now
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Are the empty barrels even affected by tariffs on bourbon? Are you just worrying there may not be enough barrels overall because bourbon demand dries up?
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Is the barrel question time-sensitive? Or could they just wait until EU & US have finished coming to terms with each other?
They could wait but it would impact production overall spiking the prices even more including outside the ISA for sherry and Scotch.
Would people even notice if their spirits were aged in neutral barrels but with wood chips thrown in for flavor?
Most would as you would get more of he overt wood flavor and less of things like butter, cream, cocoa, nutty flavors that barrels impart.
Would that produce a naming issue (i.e. the EU forbidding these products from being sold as sherry or scotch?
Neither require bourbon barrels they just use them because they are less expensive than other oak barrels.
For a slice of US Gen X we can remember our parents having us all gather to watch this when it aired on TV. I was at a dinner party with like 20 kids total all under 13 years old. When the scene we all remember from this movie happened it was pure chaos for like 30 minutes. I remember my best friend’s dad, who was my priest, saying “Gee whiz! Why in the name of all that is holy would they put a bunny cartoon on prime time and kill the bunny without warning everyone!” Never heard a man say “Gee Whiz” with that much vitriol.
In this case he is correct. Ask any economist about Navarro and you will likely be told the same