Chinese products will face higher tariffs with a ten percent increase
MADRID, 26 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, has promised this Monday to impose a 25 percent tariff on “all” imports from Mexico and Canada, as well as increase by ten percent the taxes already applied to products imported from China. .
“On January 20, as one of my many first executive orders, I will sign all the necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25 percent tariff on all products entering the United States, and its ridiculous open borders,” he said. announced in a message on his Truth Social platform.
The Republican has made this decision because of the “illegal aliens” and “crime and drugs” that, as he has declared, cross the border.
“Thousands of people are passing through Mexico and Canada, bringing crime and drugs to levels never seen before. Right now, a caravan coming from Mexico, consisting of thousands of people, seems unstoppable in its attempt to cross our currently open border,” has assured.
Trump has noted that Mexico and Canada can “easily solve this long-simmering problem.” “We demand that you use this power and until you do, it is time for you to pay a very high price!” he told his neighbors.
The tariff, the magnate has noted, will remain “even on drugs, particularly fentanyl.”
In another message, Trump has announced that he will increase the tariffs that Chinese imports already face by ten percent, until the Asian giant prevents the flow of drugs to the United States, also especially fentanyl.
“Representatives from China told me that they would impose their maximum penalty, the death penalty, on any drug trafficker caught doing this, but, unfortunately, they never did, and drugs are entering our country, mainly through Mexico, at levels never seen before,” he said.