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On 3/8/2025 10:33 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
> On 2025-03-09, BryanGSimmons wrote:
> 
>> Trump has inadvertently done the impossible - made the EU stronger &
>> brought the UK closer to the EU than even when we were in it.
> 
> It's happened here too Bryan. It has always been more difficult
> for west coasters in Canada to buy wine & beer &c from the east coast
> than international due to inter-provincial trade barriers.
> 
> Now, they are dismantling those barriers. (Technically, we are
> not even allowed to buy ANY alcohol from one province and ship
> it to another. Of course individuals were never prosecuted -
> only those doing so as pasrt of a business.)
> 
> But now, thanks to Trump, alcohol stores all across Canada
> now have room on the shelves for liquor from other provinces
> because of all the USA liquor & wine that has been removed.
> 

Here is similar, state taxes are the big factor.  A couple of states 
with lower taxes seem to have their biggest liquor store near the state 
line though.

Going from MA to Maine on the highway, you pass a short section of New 
Hampshire, a no sales tax state. Yes, big liquor stores, on on the 
northbound side, another on the southbound side.