‘No room left for Mexico or Canada’ to make a deal, Trump says
U.S. President Donald Trump says his long-threatened trade war is going ahead with tariffs on Canadian goods set to take effect just after midnight and there’s nothing Canada can do to stop them.
Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said the United States has been “a laughingstock for years and years” and he needs to take trade action against its continental neighbours.
He said Canada has allowed fentanyl to flood into the U.S. despite data that shows the claim is false.
“Very importantly, tomorrow, tariffs, 25 per cent on Canada and 25 per cent on Mexico, and that will start. So, they’re gonna have to have a tariff,” Trump said.
Thank you for the response! I haven’t seen a lot of specifics about the Canadian tariffs, but maybe I just haven’t been looking in the right places. It makes a lot of sense to target particular items which have Canadian alternatives, and to put pressure on Red states as u/IslandLife mentioned below.
Edit: I was wondering why the word “Teriff” didn’t look right. Apparently my phone decided that was the proper way to spell Tariff.
You can find a general list of the types of products covered by the initial $30B tariffs here. There’s a very detailed list released by the government here.
I don’t think they’ve released the details of the second wave of tariffs (~$155B) yet.
Fantastic, thanks again! Looks like I’ve got some reading to do.