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Canada, Mexico and China have promised to respond to new tariffs to their export to the United States, announced by President Donald Trump.
According to Trump, the 25% tax on Canada and Mexican imports and another 10% tax on Chinese goods enter into force. Canadian energy has a lower 10% tariff.
According to the President of the United States, the move responded to his concerns about illegal immigration and drug trafficking – two main promises to be elected.
In response, both Canada and Mexico said they were making similar tariffs for American goods, while China added that “it requires countermeasures to protect its legitimate rights and interests”.
The implementation of tariffs and the subsequent retaliation may indicate the beginning of the new era of global trade wars.
Economists have warned the introduction of imported taxes by the United States, and other countries can lead to a wide range of products, from cars, lumber and steel.
But Trump, however, indicated that he was ready to further enhance the tasks if the countries retaliated.
“Today’s Customs Tariff report is needed to keep China, Mexico and Canada and accountable for their promise to stop the flood of toxic drugs into the United States,” the White House said in a statement on Saturday.
Trump published the social platform of the truth: “It was carried out through the International Emergency Economic Economic Power Act (IEEPA) because of the serious danger of illegal strangers and deadly drugs, including Fentanil.”
Tariffs are the household tax on goods when they enter the country, proportionally with the value of imports. They are the central part of Trump’s economic vision.
He sees them as one of the ways to increase the US economy, job protection and increase tax revenues, and in this case encouraging the political measures of the Allies.
China, Mexico and Canada together accounted for more than 40% of imports to the United States.
Canada, Mexico and the United States have deeply integrated economies, estimated to be $ 2 billion (£ 1.6 billion), which crosses borders daily.
The White House, in the announcement of the White House, accused Mexico’s government of being an “unbearable alliance” with Mexican drug trafficking organizations.
In his reply, Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum claimed that the Mexican government’s associations with criminal organizations were “defamatory”.
Sheinbaum called on the US to do more to arm the cartels to the illegal flow of pistols.
His country is willing to cooperate with the United States, he said. “Problems are not solved by introducing tariffs, but by conversation.”
He instructed the Minister of Economy to respond to a tariff and not ordinary measures. They are expected to contain 25% retaliatory tariffs for US goods.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country was responding.
“We don’t want to be here, we didn’t ask for it,” he said at a late press conference on Saturday.
“But we won’t go back to the Canadians.”
His government will launch a 25% tariff for US $ 155 billion in US goods – $ 30 billion on Tuesday and will enter into force $ 125 billion in 21 days.
Targeted objects include American beer, wine, bourbon, fruit and fruit juices, vegetables, perfumes, clothing and shoes, as well as household appliances, sports and furniture. The lumber and plastic will also face fees.
The non -tariff measures discussed are related to critical minerals and procurement, although Trudeau has not provided more detail.
The Canadian Prime Minister pulled back the proposal that the common border has given to security concerns, saying that less than 1% of the Fentanil entering the United States comes from Canada.
To complete the tariffs, Ottawa promised to take $ 1.3 billion in Canada ($ 900 million; £ 700 million) to take new security measures along the US border.
“Tariffs are not the best way to work together to save life,” Trudeau said.
He also said that he has not talked to Trump since the inauguration, but kept the lines open with their American counterparts.
Canada is America’s largest crude oil carrier. According to the latest official commercial data, 61% of the oil imported to the United States from January and November came from Canada.
China stated in a statement that it was definitely dissatisfied with the fees and “definitely opposed” them. During the first time of office, the 10% tax is already given and above the tariffs already launched by Trump and Joe Biden.
He added that he would sue the world trade organization against the United States for his “unlawful practice”. “There is no winner of commercial and tariff wars,” said a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington.
Chinese Vice President Ding Xuexiang told the Swiss World Economic Forum last month that his country was looking for a “winning” solution to trade tensions and wanted to expand its imports.
US industrial groups also raised alarm bells.
The automotive industry can be particularly difficult. The car parts cross the three edges several times before assembling the final vehicle. TD Economics suggests that the average US car’s price can increase by about $ 3,000.
According to a January report by the Peterson Institute of Economics in Canada and Mexico, 25% customs tariffs slow down growth and accelerate inflation in all three countries.
On Friday, Trump admitted that “temporary, short -term disorders” could be from the tariffs.
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has issued a statement that the tariffs will “have immediate and direct consequences for Canadian and American livelihoods” and “drastically increase all costs for everyone”.
US industrial groups also raised alarm bells.
According to the Association of National House Buildings, fees may increase housing costs.
Free commerce farmers said that many American farmers had already fought, “if the tariffs of the mixture were given, the situation would only be exacerbated in most of the rural America.”
The United States Retail Industrial Management Association, which includes large names such as Home Depot, Target and Walgreens, can continue to be avoided by more than 200 members.
The White House, explaining on Saturday, explaining why it targeted its most important trading partners, said that Mexican cartels are responsible for the trade of Fentanil, methamphetamine and other drugs.
He claimed that the Canadian tariffs would remain until he “cooperate with the United States against drug dealers and border security”.
Finally, he said, “China plays the central role in the Fentanil crisis” with the export of a deadly synthetic painkiller.
US northern and southern borders all reported drug attacks, although the amounts at the Canada border are significantly lower than in Mexico, according to official figures
The US limit values were seized between October 2023 and September last year (£ 19.5 kg) at the northern border, compared to more than £ 21,000 (£ 9525.4 kg) at the southern border.
Nevertheless, the latest reports of Canadian intelligence agencies suggest that more and more transnational organized crime groups are producing drugs in Canada.
Ashley Davis, a Republican lobbyist of businesses representing large American companies, including Walmart and Boeing, and has been involved in tariff disputes, told the BBC world business report that Trump would retract North -American tariffs if You could have to present the issues raised as a complaint – especially immigration.
“Keep in mind that the border and the Chinese are the two biggest questions the Americans voted on in the November elections. Whatever you can win, I think you will do it,” he said.