Brough Brothers” CEO Victor Yarbrough tells CNN’s Pamela Brown that Canada’s retaliatory measure of pulling American liquor, wine and spirts off shelves has been “damaging” and estimates he could lose $250,

Now, Europe’s infatuation with Kentucky bourbon and other U.S. spirits is threatened by the potential 50% tariff — double the previous levy — that would inflict “irreparable harm to distillers large and small,” said Chris Swonger, the council’s CEO.

Distilleries in the heart of America's bourbon industry are finding themselves in the crosshairs of a brewing trade war between the U.S. and Canada.