Trump to enact tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China starting Feb. 1, White House says
According to Karoline Leavitt, a White House spokesman, President Trump will impose 25 % tariffs on imports of Mexico and Canada from February 1 and 10 % tariffs on China’s imports.
“The president will impose a 25 % tariff on Mexico tomorrow, a 25 % tariff on Canada and 10 % of China’s tariffs, because they purchased and allowed them to distribute them to our country. The country has killed thousands of U.S. Human, Lievit said in the White House briefing on Friday.
Mr. Trump said he was For Canada and Mexico -Guesta in the United States-Together with China, tariffs forced them to stop the flow of immigrants and illegal drugs into the United States. The president also said that tariffs will bring money to the federal government. American importers. Wal -Mart, Tagit, and other US importers usually transfer the costs related to tariffs to American consumers.
When Mr. Trump’s new tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China include any exemption, Livit said she had no information about the issue.
Mr. Trump’s goals include narrowing the trade surplus between these countries and the United States
The trade deficit between the United States and Canada increased from 31 billion Canadian dollars in 2019 to 72 billion Canadian dollars in 2023, which largely reflected that the import volume of Canada’s energy has been increasing. During the same period, with the reduction of imports from China’s imports, the gap with Mexico increased from US $ 1006 billion in 2019 to $ 16.1 billion, and brought more electronic products, shoes and other products.
