Quotes
I did this as an accommodation, and out of respect for, President Sheinbaum. Our relationship has been a very good one,
Trump said on his Truth Social platform
It's a recognition of economic reality" that Trump walked back the 25 per cent tariff on Mexico after implementation
said Scott Lincicome, vice president of general economics at the Cato Institute_(cropped).jpg)
Our goal remains to get these tariffs, all tariffs removed,
Trudeau addedTariffs are about making America rich again and making America great again. There will be a little disturbance, but we're OK with that. It won't be much."
In a speech Tuesday night to the U.S. Congress, Trump acknowledged the tariff turmoil, saying
We agreed that our work and collaboration have yielded unprecedented results, within the framework of respect for our sovereignties."
In a statement on Thursday, Sheinbaum saidThank you to President Sheinbaum for your hard work and cooperation!"
He ended the post by sayingMexico was treated with a lot of respect, and we reached this deal that benefits both nations,
she said,I told him we’re getting results,
Sheinbaum said
This whole thing with President Trump is a mess,
Ford said ThursdayMost of the tariffs go on April the second,
Trump said before signing the ordersWe are working hard, together, on the Border, both in terms of stopping Illegal Aliens from entering the United States and, likewise, stopping Fentanyl,
Trump said on Truth Social
I can confirm that we will continue to be in a trade war that was launched by the United States for the foreseeable future,
Trudeau told reporters in OttawaWe will not be backing down from our response tariffs until such a time as the unjustified American tariffs [on] Canadian goods are lifted,
he said
That aligns with some of the conversations that we have been having with administration officials, but I'm going to wait for an official agreement to talk about Canadian response and look at the details of it,
Trudeau said
So if you think about it this way, if you lived under Donald Trump's US-Mexico-Canada agreement, you will get a reprieve from these tariffs now. If you chose to go outside of that, you did so at your own risk, and today is when that reckoning comes,
he saidThe movement of these products has been stopped with the hope that one day, one day soon... there will be an agreement to lift the tariffs on these goods,
Vazquez told ReutersIt's extremely concerning... I think our city, as well as the country, should look towards more market diversification,
he saidWe are glad to see an American president take aggressive action on ending the free trade disaster that has dropped like a bomb on the working class,
the union said
This is a day where the United States stopped seeing trade as force for mutual benefit, and began seeing it as a tool of economic warfare,
said Edward Alden, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign RelationsA fight with Canada will have no winners,
Mr. Trudeau said