Falling demand leaves Mexico with a 500mn-litre tequila lake

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : "Not only did he not put taxes on alcoholic drinks, he lowered them," he said, referring to 2017's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which reduced tax rates on alcohol produced or imported to the US.
53% : Mexico is sitting on more than half a billion litres of tequila in inventory, almost as much as its annual production, as the fast-growing industry reckons with slowing demand and the prospect of tariffs on exports to the US under Donald Trump.
32% : To add to the industry's woes, Trump has threatened Mexico, the US's biggest trading partner, with a 25 per cent tariff on its goods.

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