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We didn’t ask for this, but we will not back down in standing up for Canadians,
a grim Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in an address The Trump tariffs will make gas prices go up, and we should not listen at all to Donald Trump when he says it's about stopping fentanyl,
WILL THERE BE SOME PAIN? YES, MAYBE (AND MAYBE NOT!). BUT WE WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, AND IT WILL ALL BE WORTH THE PRICE THAT MUST BE PAID."
In response to Americans absorbing costs from the tariffs, Trump said in a post Sunday on Truth Social Nearly 10,000 frontline personnel are and will be working on protecting the border,
Trudeau said in a social media post on X on Monday President Trump kickstarted a golden age of higher costs for American families with his 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico,
Schumer said Monday on the Senate floor China, Mexico, and Canada are our three largest trading partners,
Coons said in a statement Friday We have offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system,
Bukele wrote on X Monday night We can send them, and he will put them in his jails,
Rubio told reporters, referring to illegal immigrants behind bars in U.S. prisons In general, it's not like it's a Sinaloa cartel employee walking across the border,
China hopefully is going to stop sending us fentanyl, and if they're not, the tariffs are going to go substantially higher,
I just had a good call with President Trump, ... Proposed tariffs will be paused for at least 30 days while we work together."
Mexico will reinforce the northern border … to stop drug trafficking from Mexico to the United States, in particular fentanyl,
she posted on X after talking with Trump We are assessing this announcement with the goal of finding a positive resolution,
The U.S.'s unilateral tariff increase seriously violates the rules of the World Trade Organization. It is not only unhelpful in solving its own problems, but also damages normal economic and trade cooperation between China and the U.S."
China’s State Council Tariff Commission said in a statement announcing its levy on U.S. products We have to give Trump whatever he wants and even try to anticipate his wants, because who knows how he’ll react if we don’t?”
The practical consequence is that an increasing number of so-called “leaders” – in the private, public and non-profit sectors, and around the world – are telling their boards, overseers, trustees or legislatures We’re not looking for a concession,
Trump said, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Friday afternoon China is not afraid of the US in the tariff war, and in the past seven years we have known that Trump will push further,
said Wang Wen, the dean of the Chongyang institute for financial studies at Renmin University in Beijing While we are not as pessimistic as many in markets on the impact of tariffs on China’s growth trajectory, it’s likely that for China to be able to see stable growth in 2025, we will need to see the domestic demand side picking up the slack.”
Economists at Ing noted earlier this month When the US tariffs took effect, China launched another tariff. I think it is quite normal,
Steven Leung of UOB Kay Hian, a Singaporean brokerage firm, told Reuters It's an opportunity for Mexico to go after the cartels,
said Ray Donovan, the former DEA chief of operations
