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- Donald Trump He signed three separate executive orders on the rates, risking a new commercial war. “We need to protect the Americans, and it is my duty as president to guarantee everyone’s safety. I made a promise in my campaign to prevent the avalanche of foreigners and illegal drugs from collapsing at our borders, and the Americans voted overwhelmingly in favor of it “He published on social networks.
- The 78 -year -old player, who launched numerous tariff threats when he returned to office, invoked the law of international emergency powers by imposing rates, and the White House said “the extraordinary threat” raised by “illegal extraterrestrials” and drugs, constitutes a “national emergency.”
- While Canadian and Mexican exports to the United States will face a 25 percent tariff, Ottawa’s energy resources will have a lower tax than 10 percent “until the crisis is relieved,” said the White House, and duties They start on Tuesday.
- “Biden administration policies have fed the worst border crisis in the history of the United States. More than 10 million illegal foreigners tried to enter the United States under Biden leadership, including a growing number of Chinese citizens and people in people in The terrorist surveillance list, “said the White House,” said the White House.
- In response to Trump’s tariffs, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said “they didn’t want this, but Canada is prepared.”
- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said that “the problems are not solved by imposing tariffs, but when speaking and dialogues.” “I give instructions to the Secretary of Economy to implement Plan B in which we have been working, which includes measures of rates and non -tariffs in defense of Mexico’s interests,” he published in X.
- There was no immediate reaction from China.
- Last week, Trump said he would put 25% tariffs on Colombian goods after the country refused to take flights that transport migrants to be deported from the United States. The two countries then prepared an agreement.
- This week, he also promised to impose duties to the European Union in the future.
- He has also issued a warning to BRICS nations, threatening 100 percent of tariffs in their exports if they try to replace the US dollar as the dominant currency in international trade. The BRICS Group – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – has been discussing ways to reduce the dependence of the US dollar for years.