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  • WATCH: White House holds news briefing following Trump's first major address to Congress

    WATCH: White House holds news briefing following Trump's first major address to Congress

    Mar 05, 2025 04:40 PM EST

    ... and closest trading partners. A 25% 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 ...

  • Trump grants 30-day exemption for U.S. automakers from tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada

    Trump grants 30-day exemption for U.S. automakers from tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada

    Mar 05, 2025 04:39 PM EST

    ... percent tariff he placed on China to 20 percent. The administration has claimed that the tariffs are about stopping the smuggling of drugs such as fentanyl, with aides asserting that this is about a “drug war” rather than a “trade war.” U.S. customs agents seized just 43 pounds (19 ...

  • Read the full text of Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress

    Read the full text of Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress

    Mar 05, 2025 03:53 PM EST

    ... country. That has never happened before. They want to make us happy. First time ever. But we need Mexico and Canada to do much more than they've done, and they have to stop the fentanyl and drugs pouring into the U.S.A. They're going to stop it.

  • Trump takes credit for 'swift and unrelenting' action in speech as Democrats dissent

    Trump takes credit for 'swift and unrelenting' action in speech as Democrats dissent

    Mar 05, 2025 03:36 AM EST

    ... and closest trading partners. A 25% 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 ...

  • Businesses hit by new tariffs U.S. slaps on Mexico, Canada and China

    Businesses hit by new tariffs U.S. slaps on Mexico, Canada and China

    Mar 04, 2025 11:55 PM EST

    ... Lutnick defended the tariffs on CNBC and said they could be lifted later on. He argued today's policy is tied to the flow of fentanyl into the U.S. from China and across the borders with Canada and Mexico. Howard Lutnick: We need to see material reduction in autopsied ...

  • Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt discusses Trump’s new tariffs ahead of address to Congress

    Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt discusses Trump’s new tariffs ahead of address to Congress

    Mar 04, 2025 11:40 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • Mexico argues American gunmakers liable for cartel gun violence

    Mexico argues American gunmakers liable for cartel gun violence

    Mar 04, 2025 11:20 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • WATCH: Senate Democrats hold news conference ahead of Trump's address to Congress

    WATCH: Senate Democrats hold news conference ahead of Trump's address to Congress

    Mar 04, 2025 05:35 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case on U.S. gun makers sued by Mexico for fueling cartel violence

    LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case on U.S. gun makers sued by Mexico for fueling cartel violence

    Mar 04, 2025 02:58 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • 25 percent tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports will start Tuesday, Trump says

    25 percent tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports will start Tuesday, Trump says

    Mar 03, 2025 10:54 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

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