Donald Trump to announce a set of new trade tariffs, including steel

President Donald Trump said he will announce a 25 % import tax on all steel and aluminum that enters the United States, a step that will have the greatest impact on Canada.

Trump also said that there will be a declaration later in the week about the mutual definitions of all countries that annoy imports from the United States, but he did not specify the countries that will be targeted, or if there are any exemptions.

“If they accuse us, we will receive them,” Trump said.

He told reporters about his plans while traveling from his resort from Mar Lago in Florida to Super Paul, New Orleans on Sunday.

Canada and Mexico are one of the largest solid trade partners in the United States, and Canada is the largest aluminum metal supplier in the United States.

During his first term, Trump put a 25 % tariff on steel imports and 10 % on aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico and the European Union.

But the United States I reached a deal after year With Canada and Mexico to end this customs tariff, although the European Union import taxes remained in place until 2021.

Speaking on the first air force, Trump said on Monday that he will announce the definitions of “everyone” for steel and aluminum.

“Any steel to the United States will have a 25 % tariff,” he said.

In response, Doug Ford, Prime Minister of Ontario, accused Trump of “transforming the goals of goals and ongoing chaos, which endangers our economy” in a publication online. Steel production in Canada is concentrated in Ontario.

Trump’s comments determine another major escalation In Trump’s commercial policy, which threatened a trade war with multiple countries.

Definitions are an essential part of Trump’s economic vision – it deems it as a way to develop the American economy, protect jobs and increase tax revenues.

Earlier this month, Trump threatened to impose import duties of 25 % on Canadian and Mexican products But this plan was later late for 30 days Until early March – after speaking to the leaders of the two countries.

It also brought 10 % new American drawings to all Chinese goods coming to the United States – which prompted China to take revenge on its import taxes on some American goods.

Trump also said that he will announce more customs tariffs against “Tuesday or Wednesday” and that they would be in effect “almost immediately” after the announcement.

“People who benefit from the United States, we will get mutual treatment (definitions),” he said. “It will be great for everyone, including other countries.”

On the trip to New Orleans, Trump also signed a declaration on February 9, “The Gulf of America”, to celebrate his order to rename the Gulf of Mexico, where his plane crossed the body of the water.

Mexico He argues that the United States cannot change the name of the Gulf legally Since the United Nations bases dictate that the individual sovereignty area of ​​the individual country only extends up to 12 nautical miles from the coast.

Trump was also asked whether he had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin and replied: “I do not want to talk about it, and if we are talking, I do not want to tell you about talks very early, but I do that we think we are making progress.”

“I imagine that I will meet Putin in time … at the right time,” he said.

Trump also repeated his unlikely suggestions that the United States will take control of Canada and the Gaza Strip, saying that Canada will get the “51st State” and that he is “committed to buying and possessing Gaza.”