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... about getting them to deal seriously with not just illegal immigration at our southern border and our northern border, but also as it relates to fentanyl. And people might dismiss the idea that the northern border is that much of a problem, but the truth of the matter is, we ...
... there is that, if you were able to cut off that supply, then you could potentially end up in a situation where there's less fentanyl trafficking, there's less human trafficking coming across the border, and you could mitigate maybe some of that violence that's really the root ...
... trading partners. A 25 percent tax on goods from Canada and Mexico went into effect early Tuesday — ostensibly to secure greater cooperation to tackle illicit fentanyl trafficking — triggering immediate retaliation and sparking fears of a wider trade war. Trump also raised tariffs on goods from China to 20 percent. The ...
... go into effect. Trump has said the tariffs are aimed in part on forcing the two U.S. neighbors to step up their fight against fentanyl trafficking and stop illegal immigration.The case began four years ago, when the Mexican government filed its blockbuster suit against some of the biggest ...
... s concerns. Mexico sent 10,000 National Guard troops to their shared border to crack down on drug trafficking and illegal immigration. Canada named a fentanyl czar, even though smuggling of the drug from Canada into the United States appears to be relatively modest. As late as Sunday, it remained ...
David McGuinty: We know what seriously limited means. It means as little as possible if no fentanyl, because fentanyl is a terrible scourge wreaking havoc in both of our countries. There are some days on a per capita basis, there are more Canadians dying from fentanyl and opiate overdoses than ...
... closest trading partners. A 25 percent tax on goods from Canada and Mexico went into effect early Tuesday — ostensibly to secure greater cooperation to tackle fentanyl trafficking and illegal immigration — triggering immediate retaliation and sparking fears of a wider trade war. Trump also raised tariffs on goods from China to ...
... the American people," the statement read. The prisoner handover comes as Mexican officials are in Washington trying to dissuade President Donald Trump from imposing 25 percent tariffs on all Mexican imports. In exchange for delaying tariffs, Trump had insisted that Mexico crack down on cartels, illegal immigration and fentanyl production.
In an interview with News Nation, Kevin Hassett, the director of the White House National Economic Council, said progress by Mexico and Canada on fentanyl “was not as impressive as the president had hoped.” There are significant differences between Canada and Mexico on the scale of drug smuggling. U.S ...
... and Mexican goods with the stated goal of pressuring them to do more to address illegal immigration and the smuggling of illicit drugs such as fentanyl. While relatively little fentanyl comes from Canada, the country announced a czar to address the issue and appease Trump in addition to existing measures ...
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