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China is running the Panama Canal that was not given to China, that was given to Panama foolishly, but they violated the agreement, and we’re going to take it back, or something very powerful is going to happen,
That’s a big hit if you’re living paycheck to paycheck,
If everything is more costly and consumers have less disposable income that’s less money to buy shoes,
Priest, whose trade group represents Nike, Crocs and other brands, told CNN in a phone interview US households are already suffering from high costs. This is going to add insult to injury,
Kimberly Clausing, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, told CNN in a phone interview We were already starting to see some cracks in the foundation of consumer spending,
No company in the supply chain can afford to absorb these cost increases,
Do you want to invest in a U.S. production line for a policy that might be reversed in four years' time - or maybe even tomorrow
said Andy Palmer, CEO of consultancy Palmer Automotive I'm confident they're going to come to me sooner or later to increase line speed and volume here,
he said before the tariffs were paused on Monday We have to carefully consider the reasoning behind this decision and what impact it may have,
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told lawmakers Monday People are saying, ‘Hang on a minute, the U.S. is taking on Canada?”
China will frame Trump’s tariffs as unilateral and destabilizing, casting China as a champion of multilateralism and global economic stability,
Craig Singleton, senior China fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a think tank in Washington said in an email The tariff gun will always be loaded and on the table but rarely discharged,
Bessent had written to investors in his Key Square Group hedge fund last year What was considered to be bluff and bluster from Trump has turned into cold hard reality,
one analyst told NBC News The fact is, these tariffs are being imposed truly for utterly no reason,
That was literally what his campaign was about. To put a tariff on a head of lettuce, how does it get cheaper later on?”
Ontario won't do business with people hell-bent on destroying our economy. Canada didn't start this fight with the U.S, but you better believe we're ready to win it."
Doug Ford, Ontario premier on X What consumers are now asking for are very visible signs of what is Canadian when they're walking into the store."
Gary Sands, vice president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers (CFIG) told Newsweek I would not be surprised if some consumers initiate some sort of a boycott."
While Sands did not anticipate retailers boycotting products, he said President Trump is taking bold action to hold Mexico, Canada, and China accountable to their promises of halting illegal immigration and stopping poisonous fentanyl and other drugs from flowing into our country."
White House statement on Saturday No one—on either side of the border—wants to see American tariffs on Canadian goods. I met with our Canada-U.S. Council today. We're working hard to prevent these tariffs, but if the United States moves ahead, Canada's ready with a forceful and immediate response."
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday
