The White House has confirmed that the plan to impose continues to stand As of this Saturday, February 1, 25% of tariffs on Mexico and Canada and 10% about China.
This decision was affirmed by the White House spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, at a press conference after being in the Oval Office with the US president, Donald Trump.
This decision It could affect global trade and make some of the products more expensive that Americans consume. In addition, he added that they are a “retaliation” for what Washington considers a permissiveness of these countries at the entrance of Fentanil.
It is not known if tariffs will apply to oil
“Tariffs will take effect tomorrow over Canada and the reason for this is that both Canada and Mexico They have allowed an unprecedented invasion of illegal fentanylwho is killing American citizens, in addition to the entry of illegal immigrants to our country, “said Leavitt.
Already on Thursday, Trump had declared the press that he maintained his plans to impose 25% of tariffs on Canada and Mexico, although I was still considering whether or not to apply oil on oil that these two countries export to the United States. Leavitt has said that he had no updated information about this decision.
In 2024, the United States imported in October 2024 4.6 million barrels of daily oil from Canada and 563,000 barrels from Mexico. During that month, daily oil production in the US was about 13.5 million barrels, according to the data of the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Trudeau has confirmed that Canada will respond strongly
This morning, Canada Minister Justin Trudeau has warned that Canada will respond “strongly” immediately If the United States begins to apply taxes to Canadian exports.
Leaviit has responded hard and indicated that “Trudeau would do well to talk directly to President Trump before making comments so exaggerated before the media.”
