In recent remarks to the press, President Donald Trump restated his intention to impose 25% tariffs on U.S. imports from Mexico and Canada as early as Feb. 1. His reasoning: "vast" illegal immigration and "massive" amounts of fentanyl coming to the U.
I think he’s going to be wise in how he does that,’ the House speaker said Monday of Trump’s warnings to America’s neighbors.
Canada has cracked down on fentanyl crossing the border in a bid to prevent President Trump's tariffs from hitting trade with the U.S.
President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have discussed trade, fentanyl and TikTok in a phone call Friday, just days before Trump heads back to the White House.
Mexican drug gangs are a driving force behind the U.S. fentanyl crisis and Trump vowed to crack down on cartels during his successful presidential campaign.
While President Sheinbaum said a 25% tariff on Mexico's exports can still be averted, the White House insists the measure will take effect Feb. 1.
Leavitt, in her first press briefing in White House added that President Trump is also considering announcing a fresh tariff on China on February 1.
Shortly after taking office last week, Trump set a Feb. 1 deadline for imposing 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada unless the countries move to halt flows of illegal immigrants and the deadly opioid fentanyl into the U.S. He also said he would slap a 10% tariff on Chinese goods over that country's role in the fentanyl trade.
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The president has also said he is "very much still considering" a 10 percent tariff on all Chinese goods beginning Feb. 1, White House press secretary
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