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President Donald Trump announced Thursday that 25% customs duties on Canadian and Mexican products, which were suspended for the month of February, will be reposed on March 4.
Trump said on social networks that an additional 10% customs tax will also be applied to products imported from China.
The American president announced in January that a 25% tax would be applied to Canadian and Mexican products to bring these two countries to better control the flows of migrants and drugs through their borders with the United States.
These prices, which should come into force on February 3, were suspended after Canada and Mexico have taken strict measures to control their American borders.
Trump said on Thursday that drugs from neighbors in the United States were continuing to enter “at very high and unacceptable levels”.
“We cannot allow this scourge to continue to harm in the United States. Consequently, as long as it does not cease or will not be drastically limited, the proposed taxes which were to enter into force on March 4 will be applied as planned, ”he wrote on the Truth Social network.
These prices will apply to all Canadian and Mexican imports, with the exception of energy products, taxed at 10%.
“China will also be imposed additional tariffs of 10% on the same date,” added the American president.
The new customs duties imposed on Chinese products will be added to the 10% already applied since the beginning of February to any product from China.
The United States also intends to apply “reciprocal” customs taxes on all the countries with which it does not have trade agreements. This policy could be implemented in April, according to the American press.
In addition, Trump signed a presidential decree imposing generalized customs duties of 25% in early February on all imports of steel and aluminum.
