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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 ...
... will impose the tariffs? Melanie Joly: Well, the basis on which these tariffs were going to be imposed on Canada and Mexico were based on fentanyl and the fact that there were issues at the border. So we wanted to do the best for us and also for the U ...
... a trade war. Trump has put an additional 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports due that country's role in the production of the opioid fentanyl. He also has readied tariffs on Canada and Mexico, America's two largest trading partners, that could take effect in March after being suspended ...
Trump put 10 percent tariffs on China over its contributions to the production of the illicit drug fentanyl, and China has taken retaliatory measures. He said he is ready if necessary on March 1 — after a 30-day suspension — to put tariffs on Mexico and Canada over his belief they ...
... that were threatened against Mexico and Canada as a way to get them to act on American concerns about the inflow of illegal migrants and fentanyl. And then there's a different bucket, which they call structural tariffs or strategic tariffs. And these are kind of indefinite. And they're ...
... allowing time for negotiations. Trump says that America's two neighbors and allies haven't done enough to stem the flow of undocumented immigrants and fentanyl into the United States. Trump is also itching to slap tariffs on the European Union; pointing to America's deficit in the trade of ...
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