𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣'𝗦 𝗝𝗨𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗟𝗘 𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗦 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗣𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗨𝗖𝗞𝗬'𝗦 𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗕𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗬 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧

 

Eric Gregory, President of the Kentucky Distillers' Association (KDA) says that Trump's tariffs will have a disastrous effect on Kentucky's economy.

“That means hard-working Americans — corn farmers, truckers, distillery workers, barrel makers, bartenders, servers and the communities and businesses built around Kentucky bourbon will suffer,” said Gregory. 

“As a distinctive product of the United States, bourbon cannot be made anywhere else in the world. It truly is America’s only native spirit. Bourbon jobs are American jobs, and we grow bourbon jobs by opening markets across the globe.”

Gregory’s statement alleged that distillers in the Bluegrass State produce 95% of the global bourbon supply and are responsible for more than 23,000 jobs and $2.2 billion “in salaries and benefits.”

The back-and-forth over Trump’s tariff plan will “jeopardize growth” of the bourbon industry, Gregory said, predicting that America’s trading partners will remove American spirits from shelves and seek other suppliers for “years to come.”