The White House said on Friday that the deadline of US President Donald Trump on Tariff still stands as February 1, despite the previous reporting of the opposite.
“I was only with the president in the oval office and I can confirm that tomorrow, the deadline of February 1, which President Trump put in a statement a few weeks ago, it continues,” said the print secretary of the White House of Karolina Leavitt during the briefing.
“The president will spend 25 percent of Tariff on Mexico tomorrow, 25 percent of Tariffs on Canada and 10 percent of Tariffs on China.”
The comments came after Reuters, calling for sources to meet planning, said Trump planned to announce the tariffs that would start on March 1.
Reuters’ sources, who asked them not to name them because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the issue, said they had no details about the final tariff rate, but noted that Trump consistently said that he was planning to impose a 25 -half -time set of imports from the two countries in the two countries Saturday.
“I saw that [Reuters] The report is also false, “Leavitt said.
Separately, the administration officer told Reuters that the president examines tariff plans, which may allow exemptions. Still, any exemption would be “a little and far between,” the official said. Leavitt did not offer details of any potential exemption on Friday.
“I don’t have an update or read for you about exemptions. But these tariffs will be for public consumption for about 24 hours, tomorrow, so you can read them then.”
The return around the deadline added another layer of tension to the trade between Canada and the United States-the complex issue of politics that has the consequences for an unreasonable number of people on both sides of the border.
The decision on the name of the tariff is seriously harmed by diplomatic and economic relations between the two countries, which are usually close allies. There are significant consequences for large industries, such as energy and cars, which have long succeeded in various free trade agreements.
If Ottawa revenge on his own tariffs As promisedThis would represent a trade war, which could mean higher prices and losses of jobs throughout the country.
CBC News contacted the Prime Minister’s office for comment.
The trade relationship between Canada and the US is huge to put it mildly. The goods worth approximately $ 3.6 billion went forward and back across the border Every day at 2023According to Ottawa, making a connection with a valuable trillion of dollars a year.
Of all the goods of Canada, he exports to other countries, more than three quarters go to his southern neighbor. Automobile and agricultural sectors are key, but oil and gas lead the package: approximately 80 percent oil in Canada, and 60 percent of its natural gas goes to the United States.
This move also means that Canadian companies will harder to sell American importers, since these importers will have to pay the tariffs. Canadian exporters will have to reduce prices and sacrifice profits, make up for taxes, or try to find patchwork new customers to make up for the loss of American business.
The Trump 2.0 administration re -conceived the United States as a protectionist and ‘US first’ nation. Some experts say it is a new and dangerous time in US foreign policy, threatening the interests of the Allies, such as Canada. But many Trump’s supporters are 100 percent on board.
Prime Minister Ontario Doug Ford warned that tariffs could cost up to half a million jobs in their provincewhere the automatic assembly industry is closely related to American Newfoundland and Prime Minister Labrador Andrew Furey said Trump’s move could cost thousands more jobsWhile Prime Minister BC David Eby said that a long trade war could cost Nearly $ 70 billion in economic activity In the west until 2028.
Trump sees Tariffs – a tax on one country of places on someone else’s foreign goods – as a way of protecting American production and strengthening the wider economy. He has repeatedly said that foreign countries pay tariffs when, in fact, they are paid by American importers.
Those companies Then they usually transfer these costs to their customers in the form of higher prices – which is why economists have warned This could ultimately be a public that pays the price in the tariff war.
When Trump Initially threatened to impose tariffsHe said it would be a response to what Canada and Mexico called the inactivity of illegal drugs and migrants that entered the US, although they said the officials Less than one percent of the fental or migrants entering the United States Come from Canada.
Still, the Canadian government merged Plan $ 1.3 billion to increase security at the border In December, try to calm the incoming president. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is in the last months of power, promised “Robust, fast” and “very strong” retribution If Trump did well in his threats.
Trump also said that tariffs were a way of putting pressure on the trade deficit of the United States with Canada, which he mistakenly described as a subsidy. He also said he would Use economic force to turn Canada into 51..
For decades, most of the goods flowed the tariff between Canada, Mexico and the United States due to the free trade agreement, the latest of which are the Canada-US-Mexico agreement and its predecessor, the North American Free Trade Agreement. Even when the US tariffs are in place for other countries, they are often far from 25 percent – 2.5 percent on passenger cars or six percent on golf shoesfor example.
On Sunday, Colombia agreed to accept flights that carried deported migrants from the US after Trump threatened to hit the country with his own series of tariffs for the original rejection of these flights. Showdown served as a warning about the willingness of the US president to punish the nations that interfere with his plans.
