President Donald Trump talks to members of the press at the oval office of the White House on January 30, 2025.
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Donald Trump confirmed that he would impose 25% of tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada since February, after that Threats that have been brought to a few weeks earlier.
Fat tariffs on the products of the countries will enter into force on Saturday, February 1st.
However, speaking to reporters at an oval office on Thursday night, Trump told reporters that his administration has yet to determine whether the oil imports will be involved in politics, noting that the decision has been nailed to whether the two countries have “treated us properly” and “if” is the oil properly. “
“The oil will have nothing to do with what I am concerned,” he said. “We will probably decide that tonight on oil. Since they send us oil, we will see – it depends on their price.”
March contracts for Brent raw raw material – The global measure of oil price – was slightly higher at 8:06 in London, tearing about $ 76.92 for a barrel.
Trump told reporters that they will find duties affect “for many reasons” and “they may or may not grow over time.”
“The number one is people who poured out so terribly and so much into our country,” he said. “The number two are the drugs of Fentanil and everything else that has entered the ground, and the number three are huge subsidies that we give Canada and Mexico in the form of deficits.”
“I will put a 25% tariff in Canada and separately 25% on Mexico, and we will really have to do so because we have a very big deficit with these countries,” he added.
This news is updated.
