Quotes
Do you have metrics that you are going to set that they have to meet this and then the tariffs go away? I mean, do we publicly know what that threshold is?”
Host Bret Baier then asked
I think everybody’s on board on the fentanyl threat and the fentanyl deaths,
concluded BaierAnd look, here’s the other thing. The fentanyl crisis is so toxic to our economy, Bret, because most of the people that are dying are prime-age working people.”
He continuedWell, there’s 70,000 Americans dying every year, and that’s the low estimate because you don’t pick up all the deaths from the fake Xanax.”
Navarro laughed and repliedTrue, but you’re putting them all in Canada’s pocket?”
Baier askedNo, of course not. Of course not, Bret,
replied Navarro
Leaving this agreement or allowing it to expire will have a very damaging impact on millions of American workers and families,
Brady said
Canadians think the U.S. is no longer a reliable trading partner,
Verheul said at the Washington launch of the coalitionWith 25 per cent tariffs, it blows a complete hole in the trade agreement,
Verheul said WednesdayAutomakers, battery makers and suppliers are investing billions in American manufacturing and to modernize the industrial base,
said John Bozzella, president of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation
In general, any tariff would have a broad impact on our industry,
Home Depot saidIt is a highly dynamic situation,
said Corrie Sue Barry, CEO of electronics retailer Best Buy, who called price increases "highly likely."If the tariffs do hold, the automotive industry won't be able to adjust overnight,
she saidBut what he's thinking about is which sections of the market that can maybe, maybe, he'll consider giving them relief until we get to, of course, April 2,
Lutnick said
We're not interested in meeting in the middle and having some reduced tariff. Canada wants the tariffs removed,
Canadian Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc told the Canadian national broadcasterThe territory to the immediate south of our border is now dominated entirely by criminal cartels that murder, rape, torture and exercise total control,
he told CongressWhere they are in Canada, the world is their oyster,
said Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis for OPIS
We’re importing about 3 million barrels of Canadian crude a day to the Midwest and Rocky Mountain region,
said Lipow
Tariffs are actually — we've had a lot of experience with them — they're an act of war, to some degree,
Buffett said in an interview with CBS NewsI told him that many people have died from Fentanyl that came through the Borders of Canada and Mexico, and nothing has convinced me that it has stopped. He said that it’s gotten better, but I said, “That’s not good enough.” The call ended in a “somewhat” friendly manner!”
Writing on his Truth Social platform, Trump said