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President Donald Trump has announced new prices on all goods imported from the three largest American trade partners, China, Mexico and Canada.
Trump said the United States would impose prices from Tuesday 25% in Canada and Mexico as well as an additional 10% tax on China. Canadian energy faces a 10%lower price.
He had threatened to impose import taxes if the three countries did not respond to his concerns about illegal immigration and drug trafficking.
Canada and Mexico said they were preparing their own reprisal prices.
Trump said he was ready to degenerate the functions if the countries retaliated.
Together, China, Mexico and Canada represented more than 40% of imports to the United States last year.
“The announcement of today’s price is necessary to hold China, Mexico and Canada responsible for stopping the flood of toxic drugs in the United States,” the White House said on Saturday in a statement on X.
Trump posted on his social platform Truth: “This was done through the International Economic Economic Powers (IEEPA) law due to the major threat of illegal foreigners and deadly drugs killing our citizens , including fentanyl. “
A price is an internal tax taken from the goods when they enter the country, proportional to the value of importation. They are a central element of Trump’s economic vision.
He considers them as a means of developing the American economy, protecting jobs and increasing tax revenues – and in this case, pushing to the political action of the allies.
The White House, in its announcement, accused the government of Mexico of having “an intolerable alliance” with Mexican drug trafficking organizations.
In her response, Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum called allegations that the Mexican government had alliances with “slander” criminal organizations.
Sheinbaum called on the United States to do more to tighten the illegal flow of cannons south to arm the cartels.
Her country is ready to work with the United States, she said. “The problems are not solved by imposing prices, but speaking.”
She asked her Minister of Economy to respond with pricing and non -tariff measures. They should include 25% reprisal rates on American goods.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country would also respond.
“We don’t want to be here, we didn’t ask for this,” he said at a late press conference on Saturday.
“But we will not go back to defend Canadians.”
His government will impose prices of 25% at $ 155 billion in American products – $ 30 billion will come into effect on Tuesday and an additional $ 125 billion in 21 days.
The targeted items include American beer, wine, bourbon, fruit and fruit juices, vegetables, perfumes, clothes and shoes, as well as household appliances, sports items and furniture. Wood and plastics will also face samples.
The non -tariff measures taken into account are linked to critical minerals and purchases, although Trudeau has not offered more details.
The Canadian Prime Minister rejected the suggestion that the shared border poses a security problem, saying that less than 1% of fentanyl in the United States comes from Canada.
In order to completely avoid prices, Ottawa had promised to implement $ 1.3 billion Canadian dollars ($ 900 million; 700 million pounds sterling) new security measures along its American border.
“Prices are not the best way to work together to save lives,” said Trudeau.
He also said that he had not spoken to Trump since the inauguration, but that the lines kept the lines with the American counterparts.
Canada is the largest Foreign Supplier of Broken Oil in America. According to the latest official trade figures, 61% of petroleum imported into the United States between January and November of last year came from Canada.
China said in a statement that he was strongly dissatisfied with the samples and “firmly opposed” to them. The 10% tax will be added beyond the rates already imposed on China by Trump during his first mandate and by President Joe Biden.
He added that he would take legal action from the World Trade Organization against the United States for his “unjustified practice” and would take countermeasures to “protect his own rights and interests”.
Chinese vice-president Ding Xuexiang told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last month that his country was looking for a “win-win” solution to exchange tensions and wanted to extend its imports.
Canada, Mexico and the United States have deeply integrated savings, with around $ 2 billion (1.6 billion pounds sterling) of manufactured products crossing borders daily.
Economists say that the prices and subsequent reprisals could increase prices on a wide range of products, cars, wood and steel to food such as ice fries, avocados and alcohol tomatoes.
The automotive sector could be particularly affected. The automotive parts cross the three borders several times before the assembly of a final vehicle. The TD economy suggests that the average price of the American car could increase by around $ 3,000.
A January report of the Peterson Institute for International Economics suggested coverage of 25% tariffs in Canada and Mexico would slow growth and accelerate inflation in the three countries.
Trump acknowledged on Friday, there may be “short -term temporary disturbances” of the prices.
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has published a statement saying that prices will have “immediate and direct consequences on Canadian and American means of subsistence” and will considerably increase the cost of everything for everyone “.
American industrial groups have also raised alarm ringtone.
The National Homebuilders Association said that direct debits could increase housing costs.
Free trade farmers have declared, with many American farmers already in difficulty, “the addition of prices to the mixture would only exacerbate the situation in a large part of rural America”.
The US Retail Industry Leaders Association, which includes big names such as Home Depot, Target and Walgreens among its more than 200 members, expressed Hope rates to be avoided.
The White House, explaining on Saturday, why it was aimed at its best business partners, said Mexican cartels were responsible for fentanyl trafficking, methamphetamine and other drugs.
He said that Canada’s prices would remain until it “cooperates with the United States against drug traffickers and border security”.
Finally, he said that “China plays the central role in the fentanyl crisis” with exports of deadly synthetic pain relievers.
The borders of the northern and southern United States have reported drug crises, although the amounts on the border with Canada are considerably lower than those of Mexico, according to official data,
American border agents seized 43 pounds (19.5 kg) of fentanyl on the northern border between October 2023 and September last, against more than 21,000 pounds (9,525.4 kg) on the southern border.
However, recent Canadian intelligence agencies suggest that an increasing number of transnational organized crime groups manufacture drugs in Canada.
Ashley Davis, a republican lobbyist for companies, which represents major American companies, including Walmart and Boeing, and was involved in discussions on prices, the BBC World Affairs Report she thought that Trump was would resume the prices in North America if he could swallow progress on the questions he raised as complaints – in particular immigration.
“You have to remember – the border and China are the two biggest problems on which the Americans voted during the elections in November. Everything he can do to claim victories, I think he’s going to do “She said.