“We cannot allow this scourge”: Trump says Mexico, Canada tariffs will go into effect next week

After a month delay, the president Donald Trump Ready to launch customs duties on the closest commercial partners in the United States.

The goods imported from Canada and Mexico will face a 25 % tariff under the Trump plan. Quoting the supposed flow of illegal drugs from the two countries, the president announced in A. After the social truth The duties that stop temporarily will start on Tuesday.

“The drugs are still flowing in our country from Mexico and Canada at very high and unacceptable levels. A large percentage of these drugs has written, many of them in the form of fentanel, and are provided by China.” “We cannot allow this scourge to continue to harm the United States of America, and therefore, until they stop, or seriously limited, the proposed definitions scheduled to enter into force on the fourth of March, in fact, will enter into force, as scheduled.”

The definitions were on Canada and Mexico at first It is scheduled to apply At the beginning of February. Trump temporarily stopped them after concluding a deal with the two countries.

Trump added that an additional 10 % tariff in China will come into effect on Tuesday. This new duty comes at a tariff of 10 % Sunnah earlier this month. China responded For these initial definitions with their definitions on American oil and machinery products.

The definitions come at a time when the Americans are preparing the economic effects of the Trump administration, Consumer confidence He decreased to his lowest level since 2021.