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Trump to levy tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China
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2/1/2025
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He is just two weeks into his second term.
00:04
Amid a flurry of statements, the U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening the three largest
00:09
trading partners for the United States.
00:12
Mr. President, is there anything China, Canada and Mexico can do tonight to forestall your
00:19
implementation of tariffs tomorrow?
00:21
No, nothing.
00:22
Not right now, no.
00:24
Not a negotiating tool?
00:25
No, it's not.
00:26
No, it's pure economic.
00:28
We have big deficits, as you know, with all three of them.
00:33
The White House press secretary says for Trump it is promises made, promises kept.
00:37
He is doing it, she says, to get the trading partners to crack down on illegal migrants
00:41
and to stem the flow of the drug fentanyl into the United States.
00:45
Canada, Mexico and China, which as I mentioned President Trump will implement a 10% tariff
00:51
on China, have all enabled illegal drugs to pour into America.
00:54
The amount of fentanyl that has been seized at the southern border in the last two years
00:58
alone has the potential to kill tens of millions of Americans.
01:02
And so the president is intent on doing this.
01:05
Trump has previously stated that a 10% tariff on Chinese imports would be on top of other
01:10
import taxes charged on products from the country.
01:14
China responded aggressively to tariffs Trump imposed during his first term.
01:19
Both Mexico and Canada are facing the prospect of 25% tariffs.
01:24
They say they are prepared to retaliate.
01:26
If the president does choose to implement any tariffs against Canada, we're ready with
01:31
a response.
01:32
A purposeful, forceful, but reasonable, immediate response.
01:38
It's not what we want, but if he moves forward, we will also act.
01:43
The tariffs are going to make us very rich.
01:45
Trump on Friday indicated a potential carve-out for oil from Canada, saying that rate would
01:50
be 10% versus the 25% planned for other goods.
01:55
He said he understood the measures could result in higher costs being passed on to consumers.
02:00
Economists estimate such import taxes and the likely retaliation would disrupt economic
02:05
activity worldwide.
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