Trump Administration Ends Talks with Canadian Prime Minister
Canada Also Granted ‘25% Tariff’ Exemption After Mexico,
Donald Trump, former U.S. President. Yonhap News,
‘[Seoul Economy]’,
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, ‘Former U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to delay the imposition of a 25% tariff on Canada for one month, which was set to begin on the 4th (local time).’,
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, ‘On the 3rd (local time), The New York Times (NYT) reported that President Trump decided to postpone the 25% tariff on Canada. On that day, President Trump had his second phone call with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau regarding the tariff imposition. According to the New York Times, Trump told reporters after the call at the White House that the conversation with Trudeau was “very good.”‘,
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, ‘On the 1st, President Trump signed an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico into the United States and increasing the existing tariff rates on Chinese products by an additional 10 percentage points. Canada and Mexico immediately responded with strong protests.’,
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, ‘After further discussions, President Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social, on the morning of the 3rd that he agreed to delay the imposition of tariffs on Mexico for one month after a call with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. He cited Mexico’s commitment to immediately deploy 10,000 troops to its northern border region to block the inflow of fentanyl and illegal immigration as the reason for the tariff delay.’,
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, ‘President Sheinbaum also confirmed the same on her social media platform, X (formerly Twitter), adding that the U.S. would work on cracking down on high-powered weapons being smuggled into Mexico.’,
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