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I think President Trump believes that they could easily solve the immigration problem for the US, and they could make a big dent in the fentanyl problem,
Laffer said
He's using trade as a tool to exact other policies. It's his leverage,
said Laffer, 84, who was an economic advisor to President Ronald Reagan and has long informally advised Trump, but is not part of his administrationDonald Trump is doing exactly what any rational person would do understanding economics,
Arthur Laffer, one of the godfathers of supply-side economics, told AFP in an interviewI hope we get the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act re-upped,
he added, referring to Trump's 2017 package of tax cuts, some of which is set to expire at the end of this yearIn order for that leverage to be true, in order for that leverage to really work, you have to be convinced that you will put those tariffs on,
he addedAnd I hope we get deregulation, we get cutting in government spending, and we go to a supply-side economy where we have a low rate broad-based flat tax, spending restraint, sound money, minimal regulations, free trade,
he addedI hope we get tariffs reduced dramatically, and non-tariff barriers reduced, and quotas reduced,
he saidKEVIN O’LEARY isn’t authorized to speak on behalf of Canadians, and I frankly don’t believe he is speaking on behalf of Canadians [with] what he’s saying. If he was negotiating on our side, I think that would be totally fine. But he’s not, he’s negotiating against us so I don’t think it’s a helpful solution right now.”
Entrepreneur ARLENE DICKINSON
A 25 percent tariff, it doesn’t make sense — it doesn’t jive. And I think it speaks to a dilemma of the Trump administration, of either pursuing a growth agenda or the tariff agenda. And the tariff agenda is [to] the contrary of economic growth.”
Former Quebec Premier JEAN CHAREST_(cropped).jpg)
I know he’s the right person to bring us into the next phase of supporting Canadians, build a strong economy and fight climate change,
Guilbeault saidWhat we don’t do is panic. What we do is lean on the lessons that we learned in [Trump] 1.0. … What we don’t do is always react when he has a little bit of press availability
Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association President FLAVIO VOLPEIt would be extremely damaging to our economy,
Goldy Hyder of the Business Council said of a sustained dollar-for-dollar tariff warThis isn’t a long process to set the stage,
Navarro added,It has nothing to do with that,
he said when asked directly about the claim by a reporterI think you could call it the blueprint and the foundation for the tariffs and trade policies that may or may not emerge over the next 100 days,
Navarro said of the president’s orderI'll quote my predecessor Richard [Galanti]. He'd say when it rains, it rains on everybody. And I think for us, we faced tariffs in the past, and we believe that our merchants and buyers are equipped, as anybody is, to sort of work through and navigate and manage that situation."
As Costco CFO Gary Millerchip put it on the company's December earnings call
One tariff will follow another in response and so on, until we put our common businesses at risk,
Sheinbaum said in a letter to Trump
Regarding the decrees that President Donald Trump signed yesterday, I would like to say the following: The people of Mexico can be sure that we will always defend our sovereignty and our independence,
she said in remarks on Tuesday
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We will go to the extent of cutting off their energy — going down to Michigan, going down to New York State and over to Wisconsin.”
Trudeau flew down to Mar-a-Lago to dine with Trump, while Premier Doug Ford of Ontario warned
Our country is absolutely ready to respond to any one of these scenarios,
Canadian Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said on Monday