‘Elbows Up, Britain’: Canada’s Boycott of American Goods Spreads to the UK

‘Elbows Up, Britain’: Canada’s Boycott of American Goods Spreads to the UK



by popcornsosalty-678

17 comments

  1. I really don’t buy a lot of American products anyway, I suppose I watch quite a lot of American film and TV, but half of that is made in the UK and benefits us economically, don’t tell trump that though.

  2. The uk is essentially owned by USA private equity so good luck boycotting entire economy. 

  3. The only US product that I knowingly used to buy regularly was bourbon, I’ll genuinely miss it, I really will but if I know something is from the US it’s not being purchased by me anymore and as I find more products that list gets longer.

    I hope more and more UK citizens follow suit.

  4. The way out of this is for the rest of the world to buy from the rest of the world as possible. After your breakfast muffin? Skip McD’s, find a Tim Hortons or a Greggs. Looking for a midsize EV? Ignore the Tesla, pick a VW, BMW or Renault. Fancy some crisps? Ignore the Pepsi owned walkers, choose supermarket own brand. Considering a large business jet? Skip the 737 and choose the A320.

    If we can, as much as possible, encourage the purchase of non US things we can close the gap on some of the trade non American brands are missing out on in the States.

  5. Cancel your Netflix subscription. Watch Pornhub instead.

  7. I want to add that this isn’t an all-or-nothing situation. Just because we can’t easily replace AWS doesn’t mean we shouldn’t boycott their bourbon.

  8. Nice idea but needs a more British name. I vote we go with #UWOTM8

  9. For anyone who likes Bourbon, but doesn’t want to buy American, I’ve found two possible options. Haven’t tried them yet though.

    [Canadian Corn Whisky](https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/that-boutiquey-whisky-company/canadian-corn-whisky-8-year-old-that-boutiquey-whisky-company-whisky/)

    [Abasolo Mexican Corn Whisky](https://www.distillersdirect.com/products/abasolo-mexican-corn-whisky-70cl)

    For anyone who’s interested, there is a difference between Bourbon and Whisky, that isn’t just it’s made in the US. To be called bourbon, the Whisky grain mash has to be at least 51% corn, Vs barely, wheat or rye that can also be used. That’s Why Jim Beam is a Bourbon, but Jack Daniels is a Tennessee whisky. The US also has trade deals with most other countries that they won’t call their own corn whisky bourbon, hence why the above doesn’t use the name.

  10. Was in Spar the other day, looking for a lager and was going to buy Coors light but then I remembered they were American, so I bought Amstel instead. No more American piss water for me. Sad really Coors was alright every so often.

  11. I moved from the US before the last election, and have been slowly getting rid of as much US stuff as I possibly can. Store brand items and aldi have been a great starting place, as well as a monthly subscription from a farm co-op. Trying to untangle all my US tech use now which is proving much more tricky.

  12. I buy mainly supermarkets own brand, so avoiding US goods is easier in that respect. I’ve already cancelled Netflix.

    The stickers for me are Google and WhatsApp, as my emails, accounts and contacts are entwined with them. Reddit is another, it’s the only social media I use.

    I think making a perfect boycott would be quite difficult because there’s US tendrils in everything (Morrisons is owned by US private equity, for example), but it’s still worth doing what you can.

  13. Just cutting out eating crap would be an effective way of boycotting American products ! European lager is better than any U.S…..Doritos,Coca Cola…..

  14. Don’t have many stocks and shares, but swapped the U.S ones for Euro companies last week (assume they’ve been duffed up along with everything else today) Got rid of Amazon music, swapping to Spotify (Swedish) when the subscription runs out later this month. Going to bin Amazon Prime next.

  15. Tropicana, Gillette, Heinz, Pantene, Johnson and Johnson, Colgate, Oral-B, Fairy, Nike, Kellogg’s

  16. Google for work and reddit only atm.

    Britbox and crunchyroll has enough on there to keep me entertained…

  17. Is there a site that can tell us which products to avoid and pick alternatives for? I know it’s going to be hard, but I’ll try my best to do this and am happy to buy from other countries as long as it’s not the US.

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