U.S. President Donald Trump hosts his first cupboard assembly with Elon Musk in attendance, Washington, D.C., U.S., February 26, 2025.
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President Donald Trump on Thursday mentioned that his proposed tariffs on Mexico and Canada will go into impact on March 4, and that China will likely be charged an extra 10% tariff on the identical date.
The sweeping 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada had been paused on Feb. 3 for one month. However the Trump administration has lately sown confusion about whether or not they would return into impact when the delays expired.
In a Fact Social put up Thursday morning, Trump clarified that they might.
He claimed that illicit medication “are nonetheless pouring into our Nation from Mexico and Canada at very excessive and unacceptable ranges,” regardless of pledges from each U.S. neighbors to spice up their efforts to police their borders.
“We can’t enable this scourge to proceed to hurt the USA, and subsequently, till it stops, or is severely restricted, the proposed TARIFFS scheduled to enter impact on MARCH FOURTH will, certainly, go into impact, as scheduled,” Trump wrote.
He additionally introduced that China, which already faces 10% U.S. tariffs on its merchandise, “will likewise be charged an extra 10% Tariff on that date.”
Trump added, “The April Second Reciprocal Tariff date will stay in full pressure and impact.”
Dow Jones Industrial Common futures turned barely detrimental following Trump’s put up.
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