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Secretary Rubio reaffirmed the importance of U.S.-Canadian relations and reiterated that the Trump Administration will continue to put Americans' safety and national security first,
said U.S. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce
We have little details on what products the pause will cover -- whether this will only apply to finished cars or also automotive parts -- but given the exceptional degree of integration across North America for this industrial value chain, the decision is hardly surprising,
said Maeva Cousin of Bloomberg Economics
The commitment to five percent means one thing: more stimulus is coming,
said Stephen Innes of SPI Asset ManagementI absolutely am weighing in … things like potash, nitrogen, I’d throw peat moss in there, too, because that’s important to horticulture and mushroom growers,
Thompson said
You cannot export a potash mine,
said Jamie Tronnes, the executive director of the Center for North American Prosperity and Security, a group that pushes for stronger ties between the U.S. and CanadaHaving invested millions in a plant to manufacture the Q5 in Mexico, primarily for the U.S., just one decade ago, that facility all of a sudden looks like a white elephant investment,
said Matthias Schmidt, a European auto analyst
For EVs in the U.S., this is somewhere between problematic and a disaster,
said Dan Sperling, a former California Air Resources Board member and director of the Institute for Transportation Studies at the University of California, DavisYou’re going to disproportionately increase the cost of EVs, and now you take away the incentives,
Sperling saidThe reality is that a month is nowhere near enough time for automakers to relocate factories or reconfigure supply chains,
said Jessica Caldwell, an auto market analyst for EdmundsThe Department of Energy is funding a lot of these innovations, and they’ve been doing it through the federal labs,
he saidIf gas prices are higher, that might actually work in favor of people wanting to buy more electric vehicles to reduce their fuel costs,
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I don’t have a crystal ball but what I can assure the American people is that this president and this administration is doing everything they can” to make life more affordable
Leavitt said
When it comes to fentanyl, for the last four years, unfortunately, our neighbors to the north and the south, Canada and Mexico respectively, have allowed America to be a dumping ground, not just for illegal aliens but for illegal, poisonous deadly fentanyl, which is now the number one killer of young people in this country aged 18 to 34,
Leavitt saidThe president did just put out a statement on his call with the Governor Justin Trudeau, as he calls him, of Canada,
Leavitt said, referring to a post to Trump’s Truth Social accountHe said that he was not pleased [with Canada’s action against fentanyl]. … He said it’s not good enough. He told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that directly,
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We’ve had two days of uncertainty in the market and everybody’s hair is on fire,
Peter Navarro, senior counselor to the president on trade and manufacturing, told CNN on Wednesday
Long term, I think it would be great for the administration to work with these companies and figure out means to enhance our position in America,
he said on CNNIt’s certainly a relief, but long term the situation doesn’t change,
said David Kelleher, the owner of a Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep and RAM dealership in Glen Mills, PennsylvaniaIf you don’t make your product in America under the Trump administration, you will pay a tariff and in some cases a rather large one,
he insisted
We’ve seen incredible movement on the part of the Mexican government, but we need to see more from Canada. We’re talking about additional border security,
Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz told CNN on Wednesday