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WE ARE A COUNTRY THAT IS NOW BEING RUN WITH COMMON SENSE — AND THE RESULTS WILL BE SPECTACULAR!!!
We have repeatedly stated our position on this matter. China-U.S. economic and trade cooperation is mutually beneficial and win-win. Differences and frictions should be resolved through dialogue and consultation. Trade wars and tariff wars have no winners, do not serve the interests of any party, and are not beneficial to the world."
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said during a press conference on Friday Even very high tariffs could only replace a minority of the revenue raised by income taxation, and such high tariffs would cripple the economy."
Kimberly Clausing, an economist and a professor at the UCLA School of Law, previously told Newsweek This is a choice that, yes, will harm Canadians, ... But beyond that, it will have real consequences for you, the American people."
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters on Saturday ... adding, We tend to think a lot about merchandise goods as being automotive goods, furniture goods and these types of heavy equipment goods. But we should not forget that we also do a lot of trade on the agricultural front,
Oil changes, mainly that'll be the first noticeable one, an average oil change on most vehicles is now anywhere between $50 to $80. It's probably going to end up over $100,
So that if any country chooses to retaliate in any way, the signal will be to take further action with respect to likely increased tariffs,
Most of the stuff that's coming from China is sort of sourced from China or from elsewhere in Asia. However, with Canada and Mexico, we are going to experience that we are also actually [indirectly] tariffing Americans,
A bilateral trade deficit is a terrible metric to focus on, because it's completely natural that bilateral trade deficits exist,
We are getting vehicles from both Canada and Mexico, and then several of our food items in the grocery store are overwhelmingly sourced from Mexico,
Imposing Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border.”
Trump signed an Executive Order titled Generally, it will make it more costly to import goods,
says Felix Tintelnot, associate professor of economics at Duke University You see these empty, old, beautiful steel mills and factories that are empty and falling down,
Trump declared in October 2024 on the campaign trail We don’t want to be here,
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in an address on Saturday evening, laying out retaliatory 25% tariffs on $155 billion of U.S. goods China makes the fentanyl, gives it to Mexico, puts it through Canada, puts it through different places, mostly Mexico, but also a lot through Canada,
Trump claimed while speaking from the Oval Office on Friday We have a tremendous deficit with Canada. We’re not going to have that any more. We can’t do it,
Trump said, teasing another way to avoid the tariffs As you probably know, I say: ‘You can always become a state. And then, if you are a state, we won’t have a deficit. We won’t have to tariff you,
Make your product in the USA and there are no tariffs!"
This will be the golden age of America. Will there be some pain? Yes, maybe (and maybe not!). But we will make America great again, and it will be worth the price that must be paid,
Trump's decision will cost Americans dearly - tariffs always affect both sides,
Dirk Jandura, head of the German federal trade and services association BGA, was quoted by the German DPA news agency as saying