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We were always there standing with you, grieving with you, the American people.”
You’re worried about grocery prices. Don’s raising prices with his tariffs.”
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York, also posting on X, said If the United States government and its agencies wanted to address the serious fentanyl consumption in their country, they could fight the sale of drugs on the streets of their major cities, which they don’t do, and tackle the laundering of money that this illegal activity generates, which has caused so much harm to its population.”
Tariffs are a powerful, proven source of leverage for protecting the national interest,
The tariff action announced today makes clear that our friends, neighbors and Free Trade Agreement partners are in the line of fire,
said Wendy Cutler, vice president at the Asia Society Policy Institute and a former U.S. trade negotiator We're certainly not looking to escalate. But we will stand up for Canada, for Canadians, for Canadian jobs,
he said, as he warned of a fracture in longstanding Canada-U.S. ties The move today is an opening salvo on the tariff front,
We're going to stand up for what's right."
Rising trade policy uncertainty will heighten financial market volatility and strain the private sector, despite the administration's pro-business rhetoric,
I do think the markets are going to react to this,
said Mark Malek, chief investment officer at Siebert Financial in New York This is one of these big geopolitical events that you can’t predict,
said Colin Graham, head of multi-asset strategies at Robeco in London, ahead of Saturday's developments With any delay in implementation, there will be some view that this is still a negotiating ploy,
said Rick Meckler, partner at Cherry Lane Investments, a family investment office in New Vernon, New Jersey The orders make clear that the flow of contraband drugs like fentanyl to the United States, through illicit distribution networks, has created a national emergency, including a public health crisis,
the White House said in a fact sheet on tariffs The government of Mexico has afforded safe havens for the cartels to engage in the manufacturing and transportation of dangerous narcotics, which collectively have led to the overdose deaths of hundreds of thousands of American victims,
This alliance endangers the national security of the United States, and we must eradicate the influence of these dangerous cartels.”
A recent study recognized Canada’s heightened domestic production of fentanyl and its growing footprint within international narcotics distribution,
President Trump is using the tools at hand and taking decisive action that puts Americans’ safety and our national security first,
I've instructed my economy minister to implement the plan B we've been working on, which includes tariff and non-tariff measures in defense of Mexico's interests,
Sheinbaum posted, without going into detail on what US goods her government will target They will raise costs for you, including food at the grocery store, gas at the pump. They will impede your access to an affordable supply of vital goods."
Addressing Americans, he said We categorically reject the White House’s slander that the Mexican government has alliances with criminal organizations, as well as any intention of meddling in our territory,
