Bick's pickles have been recently removed from various store shelves due to the cost of tariffs. Photo by MATT DAY/THE CHRONICLE

The latest casualty in the trade war between Canada and the United States is the popular Bick’s brand of pickles, which are produced exclusively for the Canadian market using homegrown cucumbers, but have been recently removed from various store shelves due to the cost of tariffs .

Bick’s pickles are sent to the U.S. for packaging in glass jars. As a result, they’re classified as U.S. imports when they are brought back into this country, making them subject to Canada’s counter tariffs, which include a 25 per cent tariff on “cucumbers and gherkins.”

“The government selected these goods because there are available Canadian alternatives. Consumers do have

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