WASHINGTON.- US Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, advanced Tuesday that President Donald Trump could announce “an agreement” tomorrow with Mexico and Canada to soften the tariffs imposed on both countries.
“I think (Trump) will reach an agreement with them, it will not be a pause, any of those things of pause, but I think it will resolve: you do more and we are in the center in some way and we will probably announce it tomorrow,” Lutnick said this afternoon in an interview at the Fox Business chain.
The tariffs entered into force this midnight, with 25% levies to Mexico and Canada and bending 20% the assets that China exports to the North American country, so Washington considers that they are insufficient efforts of the three countries to reduce fentanyl traffic.
The secretary, who acknowledged that prices will rise with tariffs, said in the interview that he had been all day in conversations with his neighboring countries.
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“Both Mexicans and Canadians were on me all day trying to prove that they will do better,” he explained.
All EU imports from Mexico and Canada will now be taxed with 25% tariffs except for the purchases of Canadian hydrocarbons products, which will have a 10% tax.
In response to the application of these tariffs, President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that she will announce in a public act tariff and non -tariff measures against the United States next Sunday, although she also said she has agreed a call with her counterpart.
“This week we have agreed a call with President Trump (…) Probably Thursday. Hopefully the call is given, because the dialogue always helps, and more the bilateral dialogue of presidents of neighboring countries, ”said Sheinbaum, at his daily press conference.
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The Canadian president, Justin Trudeau, accused the Republican of having made an “unjustified” decision and said that Canada will retaliate immediately with taxes of 25% to 30,000 million dollars of US imports.
With EFE information
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