Trump Set to Reduce Mexico and Canada Tariffs Amid Trade Tensions
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Washington, D.C. – A Major Tariff Shift on the Horizon?
According to U.S. commerce minister Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump will announce delivery of the pact for tariff reductions on Canada and Mexico as early as Wednesday. Speaking to Fox Business Network, Lutnick indicated that both countries had been spending time in continuous discussions with the U.S. regarding the American concerns especially relating to the movement of fentanyl across the border.Trade War Showdown
"There were two North Americans trying to convince me of their own merit all day; Canadians and Mexicans were on the phone with me all day today trying to show that they will do better," said Lutnick, while sending shivers concerning the possibility of trading an agreement for drug enforcement.
Immediately came the denial from Canada's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly. In an interview with Newsnight, she said that her office had not at all been contacted in regards to any plans for tariff reductions, thus putting a question mark on Trump regime's claim of negotiations going on.Breaking: US Trade Shakeup
Retaliation Returns to U.S. Tariffs on Canada and Mexico
Washington has now slapped a 25% duty on imports from Canada and Mexico while neither of the neighboring countries has hesitated to inflict retaliatory import levies on U.S. goods, thus fleshing out a full-blown trade war.Tariff Battle 2025
"The ongoing practices of the administration are not a stopgap but are seen to be stopping short of finalizing the whole adjustment," stated Lutnick from the outset. I think [Trump] is going to figure out, 'you do more, and I'll meet you in the middle some way.' And we're probably going to be announcing that tomorrow," he said.
But that rosy sentiment does not seat Canada well; "It doesn't say the same as U.S. officials to say many things; the one really takes the decision - President Trump," observed Joly, bringing into focus the vitriolic unpredictability of U.S. trade policy.
Amid this increasingly escalating economic tussle, sources were divulging that Lutnick had apparently had a straight talk with Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Word made its way that there were further threats of retaliation from Canada and what was taken as personal insults hurled at Trump.
Firestorm Response from Trudeau: "We will never be the 51st state."
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has come out, taking a hard line by denouncing the sweeping tariffs said to be Trumpian as a "very dumb thing to do." He vowed to go on a "relentless fight" to protect Canada's economy and curb the damages brought on by the escalating trade war.Trudeau vs. Trump
Thus, Canada announced its counter-tariffs on U.S. exports, warning that continued economic aggression would come expensive for the two countries. But Trump was simply not bothered, taken this confrontation matters again through his Truth Social platform.
"Let Governor Trudeau, of Canada, comprehend that when he applies Retaliatory Tariff on the U.S. that our Reciprocal Tariff will increase immediately by an equal amount!" Trump indignantly posted this through Personal Address, strengthening his commitment to the stand-off of trade escalation when necessary.
Trudeau went further with stronger rebuttal in saying that Trump was "trying to engineer a total collapse of the Canadian economy, because that makes it much easier to annex us." He went on freely to declare, "That is never going to happen. We will never be the 51st state."
America widens the ambit of the trade war to China.
Much of the headlines are dominated by rising tensions between the United States and its North American neighbors, but there is also an extension of trade hostilities with China. On Tuesday, a new 10% charge was introduced on Chinese imports, separate from tariffs already in place from Trump’s previous term and those just announced last month.Trump’s Big Trade Move
And Beijing was quick to retaliate. Notably among the many tariff announcements was the one concerning U.S. agricultural imports, which sorely stretched ties between the powers between which world economy has been divided. "China will fight to the bitter end of any trade war, as" said a spokesperson from China's Foreign Ministry, making sure the dispute could continue indefinitely.
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Shortly this upward escalation from the trade wars has caused alarm among economists and businessmen alike for fear of increased prices with possible, or even likely, long-term damage to the global economy and supply chain disruption.
To Trump, however, these trade wars are a gamble. Tariffs and trade restrictions appeal to some of his voters because it seems to protect American jobs. But economic instability over a long period and higher prices for businesses would make a formidable challenge during his re-election campaign.Economic War Zone
So as a reduction in tariffs with Canada and Mexico looms, all eyes focus on Washington. Will Trump's aggressive negotiation skill win a breakthrough, or will the trade war go spiraling out of control?
The world watches while awaiting whether Trump’s "Art of the Deal" tactics on trade negotiations pay off—or if they won’t.
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