Trump vows tariffs on Mexico, Canada starting March 4, additional 10 % for China
PTC News Desk: US President on Thursday said that he proposed 25 % tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods will take effect from March 4 as scheduled citing that drugs are still getting transported from these countries.
Trump further announced additional 10 % duty on Chinese goods. This would appear to be on top of the 10% tariff that he levied on Feb. 4 on imports from China. He said drugs were still coming into the US at "very high and unacceptable levels," with a large percentage of them the deadly opioid fentanyl.
The announcement also leaves Beijing less than a week to publish countermeasures, as the Trump administration shows signs of a hardening stance towards its strategic rival despite backing down on the threat of 60% tariffs when Trump took office.
Mexico on Thursday extradited nearly 30 convicts to the U.S. including drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was convicted in 1985 of murdering a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, 72,776 people died from synthetic opioids in 2023 in the U.S., chiefly from fentanyl.
Customs and Border Patrol agents seized 991 pounds of fentanyl at the southwest border in January 2025, down 50.5% from a year earlier, but still enough to kill many millions of Americans, the White House official said.
- PTC NEWS
