The American rates will be in operation this Saturday.

The spokeswoman for the White House, Karoline Leavitt, confirmed this Friday that the rates announced by the President of the United States, Donald Trump will come into force against import from Mexico, Canada and China. “The president will implement the rates tomorrow 25 % over Mexico, 25 % rates in Canada and a rate of 10 % on China For the illegal fentanyl that they have obtained and can spread in our country, which killed tens of millions of Americans, “he said at a press conference.

When asked about a possible negative effect of rates for other countries in the US economy, the spokeswoman has assured that if the president decides to reverse the measure at any time will be the one who makes this decision. “From tomorrow, those rates will be in force,” he has settled. This happens after Canada’s Premier Justin TrudeauThe United States has repeated that if it ultimately imposes 25 percent rates for input, there will be a “determined” and “powerful” reaction, but “reasonable” by Ottawa.

EU rates

Moreover, the US President said on Friday that “certainly” will impose rates on the products that the European Union (EU) exports to his country, although he has not specified which goods will be subject to taxes or when they enter into force.

“They treat us very badly. They do not accept our cars, they do not accept our agricultural products, they essentially accept almost everything, and we have a huge shortage of the European Union. So we will do something very important with the EU, we will balancing the balance, “the ruler added.

The Commercial balance With the EU it has become a great concern for Trump, because in 2023 the EU registered a surplus on the trade in goods at the US when exporting products for more than 502,000 million euros and imports for more than 340,000 million euros, according to Data from the European Commission.